Lewis Carroll In Numberland His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life
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| Author | : Robin Wilson |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2008-07-30 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 0141920785 |
Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician. Now his forgotten achievements in the world of numbers are brought to light by acclaimed author and mathematician Robin Wilson. Here he explores the curious imagination of a man whose pioneering work at Oxford University included investigations into voting patterns and tennis seeding, who dreamt up numerical conundrums in bed at night and who filled his writings with problems, paradoxes, puzzles and teasing games of logic. Taking us into a world of mock turtles and maps, gryphons and gravity, Lewis Carroll in Numberland reveals the singular mind of a genius.
| Author | : Robin Wilson |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2009-08-25 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0141016108 |
Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician. This title explores the curious imagination of this man who filled his writings with problems, paradoxes, puzzles and teasing games of logic.
| Author | : Robin Wilson |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2010-06-14 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 039307210X |
“A fine mathematical biography.”—John Allen Paulos, New York Times Book Review Just when we thought we knew everything about Lewis Carroll, here comes this “insightful . . . scholarly . . . serious” (John Butcher, American Scientist) biography that will appeal to Alice fans everywhere. Fascinated by the inner life of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Robin Wilson, a Carroll scholar and a noted mathematics professor, has produced this revelatory book—filled with more than one hundred striking and often playful illustrations—that examines the many inspirations and sources for Carroll’s fantastical writings, mathematical and otherwise. As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating large numbers of imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. Some images in this ebook have been redacted.
| Author | : Norton Juster |
| Publisher | : Yearling |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 1988-10-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0394820371 |
With almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. “Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet. And teach us some wisdom, too.” --Phillip Pullman For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams!
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Mathematicians |
| ISBN | : |
As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll--who published serious, if occasionally eccentric, works in the fields of geometry, logic, and algebra--made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. --from publisher description.
| Author | : Christopher C. French |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 346 |
| Release | : 2017-09-16 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1137368063 |
The science behind claims of alien encounters and visions of ghosts can be even more fascinating than the sensationalist headlines. What leads some people to believe in the paranormal? Why might someone think they have been abducted by aliens? And is there any room for superstition in the modern world of science? Anomalistic Psychology - Provides a lively and thought-provoking introduction to the psychology underlying paranormal belief and experience. - Covers the latest psychological theories and experiments, and examines the science at the heart of the subject. - Uses a unique approach to apply different psychological perspectives – including clinical, developmental and cognitive approaches – to shed new light on the key debates. Whether you are a psychology student or simply curious about the paranormal, Anomalistic Psychology is the essential introduction to this contested and controversial field. Belief in the paranormal has been reported in every known society since the dawn of time – find out why.
| Author | : John Baylis |
| Publisher | : Palgrave |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : |
This entertaining and serious book covers some key subjects, of number theory, algebra and analysis in the general theory of sixth-form and early-undergraduate mathematics. The reader-friendly style creates motivation to tackle more formal texts, ability to understand and enjoy mathematics, willingness to appreciate the proofs. Alice, Tweedledum, Twedledee and other L. Carroll?s characters make the book ingenious and pleasant. The main points in the exposition deal with logic, theorem proving, prime factorization, numbers and operations on them, equivalence relation, Euclid?s algorithm, induction, permutations, and transpositions, axioms for R, cardinality, sequences and series, convergence, graphs and continuity, selected exercises with hints and solutions, references with useful recommendations.--Reviewer: K.Peeva (Sofia).
| Author | : Robin Scott Wilson |
| Publisher | : St Martins Press |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780312134624 |
Ex-CIA officer Peter Haas is hired by his past mentor, Harold Piggott, now president of Monterey University, to look into the murder of a mild-mannered young male administrator, found dead in nylons and garter belt.
| Author | : Robin Wilson |
| Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 9781904902621 |
Mathematician and bestselling author Robin Wilson--himself a sudoku aficionado--offers 52 tried and tested tips and tactics for solving these brainteasers.
| Author | : Lewis 1832-1898 Carroll |
| Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2021-09-09 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781013947773 |
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