Math and logic gamesDiscusses games with numbers, geometrical figures, logic, probability, and paradoxes, and looks at their mathematical basis |
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User Review - themulhern - LibraryThingReally well organized with great illustrations and diagrams. Some of the logic puzzles were a little iffy, because the English statement of the problem was ambiguous. Read full review
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
the abacus | 14 |
The origins of algebra | 20 |
Copyright | |
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