Puzzling Adventures Tales Of Strategy Logic And Mathematical Skill

Author : Dennis E. Shasha
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-17
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780393349993

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Puzzling Adventures: Tales of Strategy, Logic, and Mathematical Skill by Dennis E. Shasha Pdf

Hours of recreational reckoning. Collected and enhanced from Dennis Shasha's popular Scientific American column, here are thirty-six of the most innovative and emotive mathematical puzzles ever to appear in its pages. Edgy, challenging and representing the ultimate in recreational mathematical games, Puzzling Adventures dares the reader to work out the logic underlying venture fund investments, escape a Minotaur, catch a polar bear, play power politics, work out if a witness is lying, spy on contraband traders and verify DNA. An encrypted set of stories and commentary float above the puzzles. They need decrypting to discover their hints. The hints lead to a surprise—if the reader can work them out.

Author : Dennis E. Shasha,Cathy Lazere
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780393336832

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Natural Computing: DNA, Quantum Bits, and the Future of Smart Machines by Dennis E. Shasha,Cathy Lazere Pdf

Drawing on interviews with 15 leading scientists, the authors present an unexpected vision: the future of computing is a synthesis with nature.

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1994-11-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486281520

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My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles by Martin Gardner Pdf

The noted expert and longtime author of Scientific American's Mathematical Games column selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles. Enthusiasts can challenge their skills with such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, Bronx vs. Brooklyn, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Complete solutions included.

Author : Jason Rosenhouse
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691242026

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Games for Your Mind by Jason Rosenhouse Pdf

A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in mathematics, philosophy, and recreation Logic puzzles were first introduced to the public by Lewis Carroll in the late nineteenth century and have been popular ever since. Games like Sudoku and Mastermind are fun and engrossing recreational activities, but they also share deep foundations in mathematical logic and are worthy of serious intellectual inquiry. Games for Your Mind explores the history and future of logic puzzles while enabling you to test your skill against a variety of puzzles yourself. In this informative and entertaining book, Jason Rosenhouse begins by introducing readers to logic and logic puzzles and goes on to reveal the rich history of these puzzles. He shows how Carroll's puzzles presented Aristotelian logic as a game for children, yet also informed his scholarly work on logic. He reveals how another pioneer of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan, drew on classic puzzles about liars and truthtellers to illustrate Kurt Gödel's theorems and illuminate profound questions in mathematical logic. Rosenhouse then presents a new vision for the future of logic puzzles based on nonclassical logic, which is used today in computer science and automated reasoning to manipulate large and sometimes contradictory sets of data. Featuring a wealth of sample puzzles ranging from simple to extremely challenging, this lively and engaging book brings together many of the most ingenious puzzles ever devised, including the "Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever," metapuzzles, paradoxes, and the logic puzzles in detective stories.

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1986-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486252116

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Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles by Martin Gardner Pdf

Playing with mathematical riddles can be an intriguing and fun-filled pastime — as popular science writer Martin Gardner proves in this entertaining collection. Puzzlists need only an elementary knowledge of math and a will to resist looking up the answer before trying to solve a problem.Written in a light and witty style, Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles is a mixture of old and new riddles, grouped into sections that cover a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles, and more. The probability section, for example, points out that everything we do, everything that happens around us, obeys the laws of probability; geometry puzzles test our ability to think pictorially and often, in more than one dimension; while topology, among the "youngest and rowdiest branches of modern geometry," offers a glimpse into a strange dimension where properties remain unchanged, no matter how a figure is twisted, stretched, or compressed.Clear and concise comments at the beginning of each section explain the nature and importance of the math needed to solve each puzzle. A carefully explained solution follows each problem. In many cases, all that is needed to solve a puzzle is the ability to think logically and clearly, to be "on the alert for surprising, off-beat angles...that strange hidden factor that everyone else had overlooked."Fully illustrated, this engaging collection will appeal to parents and children, amateur mathematicians, scientists, and students alike, and may, as the author writes, make the reader "want to study the subject in earnest" and explains "some of the inviting paths that wind away from the problems into lusher areas of the mathematical jungle." 65 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Brain Trainer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1922364541

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100 Math Puzzles for Kids Aged 12-14 - A Challenging And Fun Logic Game by Brain Trainer Pdf

���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� These 200 math logic puzzles will engage and stimulate your child's problem solving ability through addition, subtraction and multiplication of healthy foods. ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� In early childhood education it has been demonstrated that a correlation exists between the level of a child's mathematical ability and their future academic success. The reverse of this relationship has also been observed, where children who are behind the mathematical skills of their peers, continue to fall behind in future studies (Pelkowski, et al. 2019). Furthermore, it is well established in literature that the more maths learning opportunities a child is exposed to, the more growth they will experience in math knowledge (Piasta, et al. 2015). This book is designed to provide a math learning opportunity to foster the curiosity and confidence of children aged 12-14 and set them well on the path to academic success. ���� ⭐ Scroll up and buy now to keep your child stimulated for hours! ⭐ ����

Author : Dennis Elliott Shasha
Publisher : W H Freeman & Company
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0716719789

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The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco by Dennis Elliott Shasha Pdf

A book about puzzles and problem solving, disguised as the fictional tale of Dr Jacob Ecco. Dr Ecco is visited by a diverse clientele, and each client presents Dr Ecco with an intriguing puzzle and is willing to pay handsomely for its solution.

Author : Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486315775

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The Gödelian Puzzle Book by Raymond M. Smullyan Pdf

These logic puzzles provide entertaining variations on Gödel's incompleteness theorems, offering ingenious challenges related to infinity, truth and provability, undecidability, and other concepts. No background in formal logic necessary.

Author : Hubert Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : UOM:39015053335017

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My Best Puzzles in Mathematics by Hubert Phillips Pdf

Author : Laurie Rozakis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 0590375261

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81 Fresh & Fun Critical-thinking Activities by Laurie Rozakis Pdf

Help children of all learning styles and strengths improve their critical thinking skills with these creative, cross-curricular activities. Each engaging activity focuses on skills such as recognizing and recalling, evaluating, and analyzing.

Author : Puzzle Baron
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781615640324

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Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles by Puzzle Baron Pdf

Get your brain working with 200 grid-based logic puzzles from the Puzzle Baron! Filled with complex and fun brain teasers that range in difficulty, this book will put your mind into overdrive with hours of brain-challenging fun. Using the given backstory and list of clues, readers use pure logic to deduce the correct answer for each fiendishly tricky puzzle in Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles. Bring out your competitive side and check your stats against the average completion time, the record completion time, and the percentage of people who finish the puzzle. Check your work against the answer key and see how logical you really are! Perfect for adults or children, Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles is the ultimate challenge for those who love piecing clues and facts together. The brain is a wonderful thing to tease!

Author : William James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Psychology
ISBN : CORNELL:31924014590800

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The Principles of Psychology by William James Pdf

Author : William Henry Twenhofel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Sedimentation and deposition
ISBN : UCSD:31822008731580

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Treatise on Sedimentation by William Henry Twenhofel Pdf

Author : Volfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Don Giavanni by Volfgang Amadeus Mozart Pdf

Author : Guy Murchie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Harmony of the spheres
ISBN : UOM:39015051251604

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Microcosm: matter, atoms, waves, radiation, relativity by Guy Murchie Pdf