Adventures In Recreational Mathematics (In 2 Volumes) (Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond, #21)

by David Singmaster

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David Singmaster believes in the presentation and teaching of mathematics as recreation. When the Rubik's Cube took off in 1978, based on thinly disguised mathematics, he became seriously interested in mathematical puzzles which would provide mental stimulation for students and professional mathematicians. He has not only published the standard mathematical solution for the Rubik's cube still in use today, but he has also become the de facto scribe and noted chronicler of the recreational mathematics puzzles themselves.Dr Singmaster is also an ongoing lecturer of recreational mathematics around the globe, a noted mechanical puzzle collector, owner of thousands of books...Read more
  • ISBN13 9789811226304
  • Publish Date 12 November 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country SG
  • Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd