A Mathematical Pandora's Box
1st Edition
Published on 25. August 2008
978-0-511-41035-2 (ISBN)
Description
A Mathematical Pandora's Box has been written in response to the success of Brian Bolt's earlier mathematical puzzle books. Through his own experience, the author has discovered a worldwide interest in these and similar puzzles. Not only do they stimulate creative thinking but they can also open up new areas of mathematics to the reader. This book contains 142 activities: in addition to puzzles, there are games, tricks, models and explanations of various phenomena. They range from number manipulation, through happy and amicable numbers, coin puzzles, picnicking bears and pentominoes, to building shapes with cubes. Some of the puzzles date from hundreds of years ago while many others are original, giving everyone something to think about. There is a detailed commentary at the end of the book, giving solutions and explanations, together with the occasional follow-up problem.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 11 to 14 years
Illustrations
140 Line drawings, unspecified
File size
2,88 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-511-41035-2 (9780511410352)
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Additional editions
Brian Bolt
A Mathematical Pandora's Box
Book
06/1993
Cambridge University Press
€30.60
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