Game Set and Math: Enigmas and Conundrums
- ISBN10: 0486458849
- ISBN13: 9780486458847
- Author: Ian Stewart
- Format: Paperback / softback
- Published: 27/07/2007
£9.99
Twelve essays take a playful approach to mathematics, investigating the topology of a blanket, the odds of beating a superior tennis player, and how to distinguish between fact and fallacy.
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These pun-studded fables by a popular science writer make complicated mathematical concepts accessible and fun. Twelve essays take a playful approach to mathematics, investigating the topology of a warm blanket, the odds of beating a superior tennis player, and how to distinguish between fact and fallacy. 1991 edition.