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- Book Title
- The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780521016780
- Subject Area
- Mathematics
- Publication Name
- Mathematics of Oz : Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Subject
- General, Recreations & Games
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Item Weight
- 22.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Prepare yourself for a shattering odyssey as The Mathematics of Oz unlocks the doors of your imagination. The tests devised by the enigmatic Dr. Oz to assess human intelligence will boggle the brain of even the most avid puzzle fan and entertain readers at all levels of mathematical sophistication. His thought-provoking mysteries, puzzles, and problems range from zebra numbers and circular primes to Legion's number -- a number so big that it makes a trillion pale in comparison. With numerous illustrations, this is an original, fun-filled, and thoroughly unique introduction to numbers and their role in creativity, computers, games, practical research, and absurd adventures.
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521016789
ISBN-13
9780521016780
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2218186
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Mathematics of Oz : Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
General, Recreations & Games
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2002-023346
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Qa95 .P528 2002
Reviews
'A perpetual idea machine, Clifford Pickover is one of the most creative, original thinkers in the world today.' Journal of Recreational Mathematics, '… the problems themselves - more than a hundred in total - amaze, challenge and delight in equal proportion.'The Mathematical Gazette, '... [an] astounding collection of more than 100 puzzles ... Mathematics of Oz is a stimulating romp through often mind-bending terrain.' Science News, "A perpetual idea machine, Clifford Pickover is one of the most creative, original thinkers in the world today." Journal of Recreational Mathematics, '... the problems themselves - more than a hundred in total - amaze, challenge and delight in equal proportion.' The Mathematical Gazette, 'Beside being a pleasant reading, this book is capable of endearing its readers to mathematics. …useful reading for not only mathematics-orientated people, but laymen interested in thinking can find exciting riddles and thinking methods as well. …This book is a recommended reading for each Homo sapiens who likes thinking.' Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum, 'This is an excellent collection of mathematical problems and puzzles at all levels of mathematical sophistication … The reader is guided to think about many interesting areas, and various methods are exploited and presented in a non-traditional way.' European Mathematical Society, '… this book is an excellent one … anyone wishing to open it for the first time should be warned about the danger of becoming addicted to reading it on a regular basis.' Yuri V. Rogovchenko, Zentralblatt MATH, "Be ready for a wonderful experience as you go through the numerical adventures of Oz." Mathematics Teacher, '... the material in the book is not duplicated in other collections, and some of it is even new, a real rarity in recreational mathematics.' Underwood Dudley, author of Mathematical Cranks, 'This is an excellent collection of mathematical problems and puzzles at all levels of mathematical sophistication ... The reader is guided to think about many interesting areas, and various methods are exploited and presented in a non-traditional way.' European Mathematical Society, "A must for anyone interested in puzzles, brainteasers, and mathematical oddities--particularly those who have ever wondered how many Great Pyramids could be constructed from the bricks making up a yellow-brick road extending coast to coast across the US. Recommended." Choice, 'The Mathematics of Oz stands out from the crowd. There are enough challenges here to keep you away from the TV all Christmas.' New Scientist, "Readers cannot deny the wit, humor, and intelligent challenges Pickover demands of them. Those who love solving puzzles will surely appreciate the whimsy and the sport." Leonardo, 36(5), 2003, "This text with its strange mazes, bizarre consequences, and dizzying arrays of logic problems would entertain readers at all levels of mathematical sophistication... An original, fun-filled, and unusual introduction to numbers and their rules in creativity, computers, games, practical research, and adventures that teeter on the edge of logic and amusement. Certainly, fans of recreational mathematics will enjoy this text that offers a range of challenging puzzles with a detailed and plain language answer keys for all puzzles." Medhat H. Raim, School Science and Mathematics, '… the material in the book is not duplicated in other collections, and some of it is even new, a real rarity in recreational mathematics.'Underwood Dudley, author of Mathematical Cranks, '... an excellent collection of mathematical problems and puzzles at all levels of mathematical sophistication.' EMS Newsletter, '... this book is an excellent one ... anyone wishing to open it for the first time should be warned about the danger of becoming addicted to reading it on a regular basis.' Yuri V. Rogovchenko, Zentralblatt MATH, '… this book is an excellent one … anyone wishing to open it for the first time should be warned about the danger of becoming addicted to reading it on a regular basis.'Yuri V. Rogovchenko, Zentralblatt MATH, '… [an] astounding collection of more than 100 puzzles … Mathematics of Oz is a stimulating romp through often mind-bending terrain.' Science News, 'Pickover inspires a new generation of da Vincis to build unknown flying machines and create new Mona Lisas.' Christian Science Monitor, '… the problems themselves - more than a hundred in total - amaze, challenge and delight in equal proportion.' The Mathematical Gazette, 'Readers cannot deny the wit, humor, and intelligent challenges Pickover demands of them. those who love solving puzzles will surely appreciate the whimsy and the sport.' Leonardo, '… an excellent collection of mathematical problems and puzzles at all levels of mathematical sophistication.'EMS Newsletter, '… [an] astounding collection of more than 100 puzzles … Mathematics of Oz is a stimulating romp through often mind-bending terrain.'Science News, '… the material in the book is not duplicated in other collections, and some of it is even new, a real rarity in recreational mathematics.' Underwood Dudley, author of Mathematical Cranks, "Overall, this is a book of high quality puzzles...The solutions are very complete and understandable." The Mathematical Association of America Online, '… an excellent collection of mathematical problems and puzzles at all levels of mathematical sophistication.' EMS Newsletter, "Bucky Fuller Thought Big, Arthur C. Clarke Thinks Big, but Cliff Pickover Outdoes Them Both." Wired
Table of Content
Travel guide; Preface; Introduction; Puzzles: 1. The yellow-brick road; 2. Animal array; 3. An experiment with Kansas; 4. An experiment with signs; 5. The logic of greenness; 6. Magical maze; 7. Kansas railway contraction; 8. The problem of the bones; 9. Square overdrive; 10. Squares and cubes; 11. Plex's matrix; 12. Chaos at the clock factory; 13. The upsilon configuration; 14. Bone toss; 15. Animal farm courthouse; 16. Omega sphere; 17. Leg bone shatter produces triangle; 18. Z-bar ranch; 19. Mystery of phasers; 20. Salty number cycle; 21. Where are the composites?; 22. Brain trip; 23. The gaps of omicron; 24. Hutchinson problem; 25. Flint hill series; 26. Wacky tiles; 27. Toto clone puzzle; 28. Legion's number; 29. The problems of the tombs; 30. Plex's tiles; 31. Phasers on targets; 32. The chamber of death and despair; 33. Zebra irrationals; 34. Creatures in resin; 35. Prime-poor equations; 36. Number satellite; 37. Flatworm math; 38. Regolith paradox; 39.; 40. Entroy; 41. Animal gap; 42. Arranging alien heads; 43. Ramanujan congruences and the quest for transcendence; 44. Getting noticed; 45. Juggler numbers; 46. Friends from Mars; 47. Phi in four 4s; 48; On planet zyph; 49. The jellyfish of europa; 50. Archeological dissection; 51. The gamma gambit; 52. Robot hand hive; 53. Ramanujan and the quattuordecillion; 54. Lunatic ferris wheel; 55. The ultimate spindle; 56. Prairie artifact; 57. Alien pellets; 58. The beauty of polygon slicing; 59. Cosmic call; 60. Knight moves; 61. Sphere; 62. Potawatomi target; 63. Sliders; 64. Swapping; 65. Triangle dissection; 66. A simple code; 67. Heterosquare; 68. Insertion; 69. Missing landscape; 70. The choice; 71. Animal selection; 72. The skeletal men of Uranus; 73. Hindbrain stimulation; 74. The arrays of absolution; 75. Trochophore abduction; 76. The dream pyramids of Missouri; 77. Mathematical flower petal; 78. Blood and water; 79. Cavern problems; 80. Three triplets; 81. Oos and oob gambit; 82. Napiform mathematics; 83. Toto, Mr. plex, elephant; 84. Witch overdrive; 85. What is art?; 86. Wendy magic square; 87. Heaven and hell; 88. The stars of heaven; 89. Vacation in the Tarantula nebula; 90. Hot lava; 91. Circular primes; 92. The truth about cats and dogs; 93. Disc mania; 94. N2+m2=s; 95. 2, 271, 2718281; 96. Android watch; 97. Knight moves; 98. Pool table gambit; 99. A connection between pi and e; 100. Venusian number bush; 101. Triangle cave; 102. Rat attack; 103. The scarecrow formula; 104. Circle math; 105. A, AB, ABA; 106. Ants and cheese; 107. The omega crystal; 108. Attack of undulating undecamorphs; Epilog; Further exploring; For further reading; About the author.
Copyright Date
2002
Dewey Decimal
793.7/4
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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