Recreations Games category: 148 books
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus
The Mathematics of Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list? What equations should you use to decorate the Christmas tree? Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinner—shimmying up and down chimneys for a whole night—or fatter—as he munches on cookies and...
by Paul S. Wang
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Computational Thinking (CT) involves fundamental concepts and reasoning, distilled from computer science and other computational sciences, which become powerful general mental tools for solving problems, increasing efficiency, reducing complexity, designing procedures, or interacting with humans and...
The Call of the Primes
Surprising Patterns, Peculiar Puzzles, and Other Marvels of Mathematics
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
This sampler of entertaining mathematical diversions reveals the elegance and extraordinary usefulness of mathematics for readers who think they have no aptitude for the subject. If you like any kind of game at all, you'll enjoy the amazing mathematical puzzles and patterns presented here in straightforward...
Undiluted Hocus-Pocus
The Autobiography of Martin Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, religion, and Alice in Wonderland. Gardner's illuminating autobiography is a candid self-portrait by the man evolutionary theorist Stephen...
by Fletcher Dunn, Ian Parberry
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
This engaging book presents the essential mathematics needed to describe, simulate, and render a 3D world. Reflecting both academic and in-the-trenches practical experience, the authors teach you how to describe objects and their positions, orientations, and trajectories in 3D using mathematics. The text provides an introduction to mathematics for
Paradox
The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
A fun and fascinating look at great scientific paradoxes.
Throughout history, scientists have come up with theories and ideas that just don't seem to make sense. These we call paradoxes. The paradoxes Al-Khalili offers are drawn chiefly from physics and astronomy and represent those...
by James McCoy
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
A Casino Dealers guide to increasing your odds on the Craps table. Get pay on the seven and all place bets. No more seven out!
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
A Mathematician's Journey Through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
A book from the stand-up mathematician that makes math fun again!
Math is boring, says the mathematician and comedian Matt Parker. Part of the problem may be the way the subject is taught, but it's also true that we all, to a greater or lesser extent, find math difficult and counterintuitive....
Magical Mathematics
The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of fun-to-perform card tricks—and the profound mathematical ideas behind them—that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham provide easy, step-by-step instructions for each trick, explaining how to set up the effect...
by Edward Kasner, James Newman
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
You don’t have to love math to enjoy a hand of cards, a night at the casino, or a puzzle. But your pleasure and prowess at games, gambling, and other numerically related pursuits can be heightened with this entertaining volume, in which the authors offer a fascinating view of some of the lesser-known...
by Paul J. Nahin
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
What are your chances of dying on your next flight, being called for jury duty, or winning the lottery? We all encounter probability problems in our everyday lives. In this collection of twenty-one puzzles, Paul Nahin challenges us to think creatively about the laws of probability as they apply in...
Wonders of Numbers
Adventures in Mathematics, Mind, and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2001
Who were the five strangest mathematicians in history? What are the ten most interesting numbers? Jam-packed with thought-provoking mathematical mysteries, puzzles, and games, Wonders of Numbers will enchant even the most left-brained of readers. Hosted by the quirky Dr. Googol--who resides on a remote...
Digital Dice
Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems (New in Paperback)
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2013
Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number generator simulates a physical process, such as a million rolls of a pair of dice....
The Tangram Puzzle Book
A New Approach to the Classic Pieces
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
THE TANGRAM is one of the oldest types of dissection puzzles in the world that originated from China. It traditionally requires the participant to arrange seven pieces (or "tans") into a shape just by looking at the given silhouette.
LEARN WHILE PLAYING The puzzles in this unique...