How to Cut a Cake
And other mathematical conundrums
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 12 October 2006
- ISBN 9780199205905
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages248 pages
- Size 233x155x20 mm
- Weight 386 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 20 specially commissioned B&W cartoons, plus some simple mathematical diagrams 0
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Short description:
Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle -- challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way.
MoreLong description:
Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle -- challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way.
MoreTable of Contents:
Preface
Your Half's Bigger Than My Half!
Repealing the Law of Averages
Arithmetic and Old Lace
Paradox Lost
Tight Tins for Round Sardines
The Never-Ending Chess Game
Quods and Quazars
Zero Knowledge Protocols
Empires on the Moon
Empires and Electronics
Resurrection Shuffle
Double Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Crossed Lines in the Brick Factory
Division Without Envy
Furiously flashing fireflies
Why Phone Cords Get Tangled
Sierpinski's Ubiquitous Gasket
Defend the Roman empire!
Triangulation Takeaway
Easter is a quasicrystal
Further Reading
Index
