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How to Cut a Cake: And Other Mathematical Conundrums
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How to Cut a Cake: And Other Mathematical Conundrums Paperback - 2006

by Ian Stewart

This volume contains 20 curious puzzles and fantastical mathematical stories from one of the world's most popular and accessible writers on mathematics.


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Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! Here are twenty more curious puzzles and fantastical mathematical stories from one of the world's most popular and accessible writers on mathematics. This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each chapter--with titles such as, "How to Play Poker By Post" and "Repealing the Law of Averages"--presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle that is challenging, fun, and introduces the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way. Illustrated with clever and quirky cartoons, each tale will delight those who love puzzles and mathematical conundrums.

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A big man and a small man were sitting in the restaurant car of a train, and both ordered fish.

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  • Title How to Cut a Cake: And Other Mathematical Conundrums
  • Author Ian Stewart
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
  • Date November 13, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780199205905 / 0199205906
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 6.34 x 0.79 in (23.22 x 16.10 x 2.01 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mathematical recreations, Mathematics - Study and teaching (Higher) -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006025068
  • Dewey Decimal Code 510

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Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University, and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre at Warwick. An active research mathematician, he is well-known for popularizing mathematics and science for the public. A Fellow of the Royal Society, his many books include Evolving the Alien (with Jack Cohen), What Shape is a Snowflake?, and Does God Play Dice?.
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