Lewis Carroll's Games And Puzzles

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Lewis Carroll's Games And PuzzlesISBN13:9780486779805ISBN10:0486779807Author:Carroll, Lewis (Author), Wakeling, Edward (Editor)Description:Widely Known As The Author Of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland And Other Books For Children, Lewis Carroll (Charles L Dodgson) Also Excelled As A Mathematician And Inventor Of Puzzles Toward The End Of His Life, Carroll Worked On A Book Of Mathematical Puzzles And Games But Died Before It Was Completed This Book Is A New Compilation Of Carroll's Surviving Puzzles And Games, Assembled And Edited By Edward Wakeling, A Lewis Carroll Scholar And Writer On Mathematics Included Are A Substantial Number Of Problems That Carroll Had Intended For His Collection Among The Problems -- Many Published Here For The First Time -- Are These Baffling Brain Teasers: Cakes In A Row; Alice's Multiplication Tables; Looking-Glass Time; Four Brothers And A Monkey; Hidden Names; Handicaps; Diverse Doublets; Mischmasch; Arithmetical Croquet; Square Numbers; A Sticky Problem; Wise Eyes; Painting Cubes; Two Clocks; An Amazing Maze; The Number Forty-Two; And 26 Others In Addition To Carroll's Original Mathematical Inventions And Games, The Editor Has Supplied A Few Original Problems Of His Own Some Hints And Solutions Are Also Provided Enhanced With Some Of John Tenniel's Famous Illustrations, This Volume Is A Delightful Double Treat For Any Puzzle Enthusiast Or Lover Of The Alice Books Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:DOVER PUBN INCPublication Date:1992-03-27Weight:0.58 lbsDimensions:0.25'' H x 8.5'' L x 5.5'' WNumber of Pages:96Language:English

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