Recreations & Games
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Puzzle Box, Volume 3
$16.95 Read moreA car dealer sells two cars for $9,999 each — one at a 10% profit, the other at a 10% loss. Overall, did the dealer make or lose money?
How many common words of six letters can you make from “machine,… [more below]- Series: Dover Brain Games
- Author: Grabarchuk, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 15 2017
- ISBN10: 0486816850
- Language: English
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New York Post Fiendish Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle
$10.99 Add to cart200 New Puzzles — From Fiendish to Super Fiendish
Su Doku, “the crossword without words,” comes with a warning: it is seriously addictive. You don’t need to be a mathematical genius to solve these puz
- Author: Gould, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0061173363
- Language: English
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The Best Writing on Mathematics 2021
$33.27 Add to cartThe year’s finest mathematical writing from around the world
This annual anthology brings together the year’s finest mathematics writing from around the world–and you don’t need to be a mathematician- Series: Best Writing on Mathematics #19
- Author: Pitici, Mircea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0691225702
- Language: English
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Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity
$22.95 Add to cartA comprehensive look at four of the most famous problems in mathematics
Tales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied- Author: Richeson, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0691218722
- Language: English
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The Mathematics of Slots: Configurations, Combinations, Probabilities
$49.00 Add to cartThis eighth book of the author on gambling math presents in accessible terms the cold mathematics behind the sparkling slot machines, either physical or virtual. It contains all the mathematical facts… [more below]
- Author: Barboianu, Catalin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 366
- Publish Date: February 01 2013
- ISBN10: 9731991409
- Language: English
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The Joy of Mathematics: Marvels, Novelties, and Neglected Gems That Are Rarely Taught in Math Class
$18.00 Add to cartWouldn’t it be great if all school teachers (from kindergarten through high school) would share the joy of mathematics with their students, rather than focus only on the prescribed curriculum that wil… [more below]
- Author: Posamentier, Alfred S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 319
- Publish Date: August 22 2017
- ISBN10: 1633882977
- Language: English
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Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi: Martin Gardner’s First Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games
$19.99 Add to cartHexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi is the inaugural volume in The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library series. Based off of Gardener’s enormously popular Scientific Americ… [more below]
- Series: New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #1
- Author: Gardner, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0521735254
- Language: English
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Lewis Carroll’s Games and Puzzles
$9.95 Add to cartForty-two tantalizing teasers – most by the creator of Alice in Wonderland and published here for the first time – Cakes in a Row, Alice”s Multiplication Tables, Looking-Glass Time, Arithmetical Croq… [more below]
- Series: Dover Recreational Math
- Author: Carroll, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 27 1992
- ISBN10: 0486269221
- Language: English
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Cracking the Cube: Going Slow to Go Fast and Other Unexpected Turns in the World of Competitive Rubik’s Cube Solving
$20.00 Add to cartIan Scheffler, journalist and aspiring “speedcuber,” attempts to break into the international phenomenon of speedsolving the Rubik’s Cube–think chess played at the speed of Ping-Pong–while exploring… [more below]
- Author: Scheffler, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1501121936
- Language: English
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Why Do Buses Come in Threes: The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life
$15.95 Add to cart“”Deals in a very entertaining way with problems in normal life related to mathematics, luck, coincidence, gambling.”” ? The Independent (London)
Why do your chances of winning the lottery increase if
- Author: Eastaway, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0471379077
- Language: English
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Peculiar Deaths of Famous Mathematicians
$13.99 Read moreGetting and keeping teens interest in mathematics is vital to their future. But how, when there are so many dreary textbooks and repetitive curriculum requirements? Covering everything that they need … [more below]
- Author: Georgiou, Ioanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: July 29 2023
- ISBN10: 191356570X
- Language: English
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The Enjoyment of Math
$19.95 Add to cartThe classic book that shares the enjoyment of mathematics with readers of all skill levels
What is so special about the number 30? Do the prime numbers go on forever? Are there more whole numbers than- Series: Princeton Science Library #131
- Author: Rademacher, Hans
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0691241546
- Language: English
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Making Up Your Own Mind: Thinking Effectively Through Creative Puzzle-Solving
$33.25 Add to cartHow you can become better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skills
We solve countless problems–big and small–every day. With so much practice, why do we often have t- Author: Burger, Edward B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0691182787
- Language: English
