Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521747011)

Packing spheres, Reversi, braids, polyominoes, board games, and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll. These and other mathematical diversions return to readers with updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries. Read about Knuth's Word Ladders program and the latest developments in the digits of pi. Once again these timeless puzzles will charm readers while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other fields of mathematics.

Author: Martin Gardner
ISBN-10: 0521747015
ISBN-13: 9780521747011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2009
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2009 pg. 31