Amusements in Mathematics
by Henry Ernest Dudeney
Publisher: Nelson 1917
ISBN/ASIN: 0486204731
Number of pages: 280
Description:
One of the largest puzzle collections -- 430 brainteasers based on algebra, arithmetic, permutations, probability, plane figure dissection, properties of numbers, etc. Intriguing, witty, paradoxical productions of one of the world's foremost creators of puzzles. Full solutions. More than 450 illustrations.
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