Math and logic gamesDiscusses games with numbers, geometrical figures, logic, probability, and paradoxes, and looks at their mathematical basis |
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Contents
Introduction | 7 |
the abacus | 14 |
The origins of algebra | 20 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Math and logic games |
| Author | Franco Agostini |
| Edition | reprint, illustrated |
| Publisher | Harpercollins, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0060970219, 9780060970215 |
| Length | 181 pages |
| Subjects | › Games / General Games / Logic & Brain Teasers Games / Puzzles Humor / General Logic, Symbolic and mathematical Mathematical recreations Mathematics / Recreations & Games |
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