Dick Hess

Golf on the Moon (eBook, ePUB)

Entertaining Mathematical Paradoxes and Puzzles

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Divide a rectangular cake into five even pieces, calculate the cost of running a successful casino, figure out the maximum number of losses on the road to winning the U.S. Open Tennis Championship, and solve other amusing and challenging puzzlesincluding a mathematical brainteaser involving a couple of holes of golf on the surface of the moon.
In addition to logical puzzles and mathematical paradoxes, this original collection features a variety of word problems and sports-related riddles. The puzzles, which vary in complexity from playful propositions to tough mathematical conundrums, are suitable for ages 12 and up. Detailed solutions appear at the end.
Dover (2014) original publication.
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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486315706
• Artikelnr.: 41661699

Autorenporträt

Dick Hess has a Ph.D. in physics from UC Berkeley. He worked for Logicon, Inc., for 27 years as a solver of technical and management problems in the field of aerospace.