Lewis Carroll's games and puzzles / newly compiled and edited by Edward Wakeling ; foreword by the Earl of Stockton

Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898)

ISBN 10: 0486269221 / ISBN 13: 9780486269221

Edité par New York, London : Dover in association with the Lewis Caroll Birthplace Trust, 1992

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Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 80 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80). Subjects: Mathematical - recreations. Games. 1 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Lewis Carroll's games and puzzles / newly compiled and edited by Edward Wakeling ; foreword by the Earl of Stockton
• Éditeur: New York, London : Dover in association with the Lewis Caroll Birthplace Trust
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0486269221
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780486269221
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: First Edition.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme

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Synopsis

Widely known as the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other books for children, Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson) also excelled as a mathematician and inventor of puzzles. Toward the end of his life, Carroll worked on a book of mathematical puzzles and games but died before it was completed. This book is a new compilation of Carroll's surviving puzzles and games, assembled and edited by Edward Wakeling, a Lewis Carroll scholar and writer on mathematics. Included are a substantial number of problems that Carroll had intended for his collection.
Among the problems -- many published here for the first time -- are these baffling brain teasers: Cakes in a Row; Alice's Multiplication Tables; Looking-Glass Time; Four Brothers and a Monkey; Hidden Names; Handicaps; Diverse Doublets; Mischmasch; Arithmetical Croquet; Square Numbers; A Sticky Problem; Wise Eyes; Painting Cubes; Two Clocks; An Amazing Maze; The Number Forty-Two; and 26 others.
In addition to Carroll's original mathematical inventions and games, the editor has supplied a few original problems of his own. Some hints and solutions are also provided. Enhanced with some of John Tenniel's famous illustrations, this volume is a delightful double treat for any puzzle enthusiast or lover of the "Alice" books.

À propos de l?auteur

Lewis Carroll (1832-98) was the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass, are rich repositories of his sparkling gifts for wordplay, logic, and fantasy.