Cover of The Universe in a Handkerchief

The Universe in a Handkerchief

by Unknown Author

158 pages2005SpringerISBN 9780387256412
Mathematical recreationsLiterary recreationsMathematicsMathematics, general
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This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative.

Publication Details

Publisher
Springer
Published
2005
Pages
158
ISBN
9780387256412

About Unknown Author

Martin Gardner was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature – especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. He was also a leading authority on Lewis Carroll. *-- Wikipedia*

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