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Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi
Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions
Martin Gardner

The latest on packing spheres, Reversi, braids, polyominoes, board games, digits of pi, and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll.

Published September 2009 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521747011 | In stock

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Games of No Chance 3
Edited by Michael H. Albert, Richard J. Nowakowski

This fascinating look at combinatorial games, that is, games not involving chance or hidden information, offers updates on standard games.

Published August 2009 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521678544 | In stock

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How to Think Like a Mathematician
A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics
Kevin Houston

This arsenal of tips and techniques eases new students into undergraduate mathematics, unlocking the world of definitions, theorems, and proofs.

Published February 2009 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521719780 | In stock

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Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi
Martin Gardner's First Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games
Martin Gardner

The first of fifteen updated editions of the collected Mathematical Games of Martin Gardner, king of recreational mathematics.

Published November 2008 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521735254 | In stock

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Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube
Martin Gardner's Mathematical Diversions
Martin Gardner

The second of fifteen updated editions of the collected Mathematical Games of Martin Gardner, king of recreational mathematics.

Published November 2008 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521735247 | In stock

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Naive Decision Making
Mathematics Applied to the Social World
T. W. Körner

Takes readers on an enjoyable journey through many aspects of mathematical decision making; the only prerequisite is elementary calculus.

Published October 2008 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521731638 | In stock

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Is Mathematics Inevitable?
Underwood Dudley

A collection of true stories, anecdotes and other gems from the literature of mathematics.

Published May 2008 | Hardback | ISBN-13:9780883855669 | In stock

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A Course of Pure Mathematics Centenary edition
10th Edition
G. H. Hardy, Foreword by T. W. Körner

The classic text on pure mathematics; this centenary edition includes a Foreword by T. W. Körner.

Published March 2008 | Paperback | ISBN-13:9780521720557 | In stock

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How Euler Did It
C. Edward Sandifer

A collection of 40 monthly columns from MAA Online about the work of the 18th-century Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler.

Published August 2007 | Hardback | ISBN-13:9780883855638 | In stock

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