| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xi, 237 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: From gryphons to gravity -- Fit the first: The children of the north -- Fit the second: Uppe to mine eyes yn worke -- Fit the third: Successes and failures -- Fit the fourth: ... in the second book of Euclid -- Fit the fifth: Send me the next book ... -- Fit the sixth: Meat-safes, majorities and memory -- Fit the seventh: Puzzles, problems and paradoxes -- Fit the eighth: That's logic -- Conclusion: Math and aftermath. |
| Summary |
As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll--who published serious, if occasionally eccentric, works in the fields of geometry, logic, and algebra--made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. --from publisher description. |
| Subject |
Mathematicians -- Biography.
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Knowledge -- Mathematics.
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Mathematics.
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| ISBN |
9780393060270 (hardcover) |
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0393060276 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000043342871 |
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NZ1 12395300 |
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