Stewart, Ian, 1945-
Cows in the maze / Ian Stewart. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xi, 306 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296), webography (p. 287) and index.
The lore and the lure of dice -- Pursuing polygonal privacy -- Making winning connections -- Jumping champions -- Walking with quadrupeds -- Tiling space with knots -- Forward to the future 1: Trapped in time! -- Forward to the future 2: Holes : black, white, and worm -- Forward to the future 3: Back to the past, with interest... -- Cone with a twist -- What shape is a teardrop? -- The interrogator's fallacy -- Cows in the maze -- Knight's tours on rectangles -- Cat's cradle calculus challenge -- Glass Klein bottles -- Cementing relationships -- Knotting ventured, knotting gained -- Most-perfect magic squares -- It can't be done! -- Dances with dodecahedra.
9780199562077 (pbk.) 0199562075 (pbk.)
2010920354
GBA9C2443 bnb
Mathematical recreations.
Mathematics--Popular works.
QA95 / S724
510 STE
Cows in the maze / Ian Stewart. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xi, 306 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296), webography (p. 287) and index.
The lore and the lure of dice -- Pursuing polygonal privacy -- Making winning connections -- Jumping champions -- Walking with quadrupeds -- Tiling space with knots -- Forward to the future 1: Trapped in time! -- Forward to the future 2: Holes : black, white, and worm -- Forward to the future 3: Back to the past, with interest... -- Cone with a twist -- What shape is a teardrop? -- The interrogator's fallacy -- Cows in the maze -- Knight's tours on rectangles -- Cat's cradle calculus challenge -- Glass Klein bottles -- Cementing relationships -- Knotting ventured, knotting gained -- Most-perfect magic squares -- It can't be done! -- Dances with dodecahedra.
9780199562077 (pbk.) 0199562075 (pbk.)
2010920354
GBA9C2443 bnb
Mathematical recreations.
Mathematics--Popular works.
QA95 / S724
510 STE