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Can I read The Universe in a Handkerchief : Lewis Carroll’s Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays on EtoBox?
The Universe in a Handkerchief : Lewis Carroll’s Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays by Martin Gardner; Lewis Carroll is a mathematics available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Universe in a Handkerchief : Lewis Carroll’s Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays about?
<p>This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative.</p>
Who reads The Universe in a Handkerchief : Lewis Carroll’s Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Martin Gardner; Lewis Carroll
- Publisher
- Springer; Copernicus
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780387256412
- Category
- mathematics
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Sports, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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