The Universe in a Handkerchief

By (author): "Martin Gardner"
Publish Date: January 1st 1996
The Universe in a Handkerchief
ISBN038794673X
ISBN139780387946733
AsinThe Universe in a Handkerchief
Original titleThe Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays
s/t: Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word PlaysThis book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative.