The Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll’s Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays

Gardner, Martin

This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative.

Details

Published by: Copernicus

Publication Date: 1998-10-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780387946733

DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28952-6

Dimensions: 234cm x156cm

Pages: 158