Cows in the maze

Cows in the maze

Ian Stewart, 1945-

Book - 2010

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Subjects
Mathematical recreations.
Mathematics.
Published
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press 2010.
Language
English
Main Author
Ian Stewart, 1945- (-)
Physical Description
xi, 306 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780199562077
  • 1. Walking with Quadrupeds
  • 2. Forward to the Future
  • 3. Back to the Past
  • 4. What Shape is a Teardrop?
  • 5. Tiling Space With Knots
  • 6. The Interrogator's Fallacy
  • 7. Cows in the Maze
  • 8. Knight's Tours on Rectangles
  • 9. The Lore and Lure of Dice
  • 10. Cat's Cradle Calculus Challenge
  • 11. Glass Klein Bottles
  • 12. Cementing Relationships
  • 13. Dances with Dodecahedra
  • 14. Cone with a Twist
  • 15. Most-Perfect Magic Squares
  • 16. It Can't Be Done!
  • 17. Knotting Ventured, Knotting Gained
  • 18. Making Winning Connections
  • 19. Jumping Champions
  • 20. Pursuing Polygonal Privacy
Review by Choice Review

Stewart (emer., Warwick Univ.) is well known for his popular books (e.g., Flatterland, CH, Nov'01, 39-1620; The Magical Maze, Nov'98, 36-1620) and magazine columns on mathematics. Cows in the Maze is a collection of his "Recreational Mathematics" columns that were originally published in Scientific American. The book covers problems in knot theory, geometry, probability, and even time travel. Many columns, which have been expanded and corrected in some cases, are written in story form, often culminating with a puzzle for the reader to solve. Stewart focuses on ingenuity and problem solving; thus readers need only a minimal technical background in mathematics. The author includes references to books and Web sites for further exploration. Fans of the late Martin Gardner and his Scientific American "Mathematical Games" columns will find this work to be similar in its appeal. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers. B. Borchers New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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