{"id":1127,"date":"2016-06-06T17:46:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T09:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:09:11","slug":"the-puzzle-universe-a-history-of-mathematics-in-315-puzzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/the-puzzle-universe-a-history-of-mathematics-in-315-puzzles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Puzzle Universe – A History of Mathematics in 315 Puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day I received a marvellous package in the post. Inside was a book, The Puzzle Universe<\/a>, by Ivan Moscovich, published by Firefly Books. Ivan Moscovich has made a career out of making amazing mathematical puzzles and games.<\/p>\n

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The Puzzle Universe has the right size and weight to be a great coffee-table book. I doesn’t have to be read sequentially, every page is filled with colorful illustrations, snippets from the history of mathematics, related puzzles, and biopics of the people behind them.<\/p>\n

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The puzzles range from relatively simple ones such as deciphering an optical illusion, classics such as river crossing problems, to challenging paradoxes such as the Monty Hall problem, or a simple dice game where you let your opponent go first, and always win.\u00a0 The mathematical topics covered include practically every branch of recreational mathematics.<\/p>\n

I’ll mention just one of the 315 puzzles here: find a 10 digit number – the first digit is the number of 0’s in the number, the second is the number of 1’s, the third is the number of 2’s, and so on.<\/p>\n

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The book is available direct from the publisher<\/a> but you’ll get a better price through Amazon.com<\/a>. Disclaimer: the Amazon link will earn me referral fees.<\/p>\n

On the whole, it’s a fascinating book, there’s so much mathematical treasure to explore inside. It would make a great gift for a mathematically minded friend or family member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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