The Population Explosion and Other Mathematical Puzzles (Record no. 85106)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789814733755 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 793.74 |
| Cutter | Hes |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hess, Richard I. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Population Explosion and Other Mathematical Puzzles |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2016 |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | World Scientific |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Jersey |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | ix; 152p. |
| Dimensions | 9x6 |
| Other physical details | pb |
| 520 ## - Remark | |
| Summary, etc | Population Explosion and Other Mathematical Puzzles is a wonderful addition to Dr Dick Hess's previous successful books, Mental Gymnastics: Recreational Mathematical Puzzles, Golf on the Moon, (Dover Publishing, 2011 and 2014 respectively) and Number-Crunching Math Puzzles (Puzzlewright, 2013), a republication of All-Star Mathlete Puzzles (Sterling Publishing, 2009). In this latest volume, there are 116 recreational mathematical puzzles and problems that will challenge and entertain bright minds. They are mostly new problems on creative themes, encompassing a wide range of difficulty from amusing to complex. Intended to hone mathematical thinking skills and reasoning ability, solving the puzzles may require considerable perseverance. Open this book to find a captivating assortment of geometric, digital, logical, probability, analytical, physics and trapezoid puzzles. Find out what happens with jeeps in the desert and be amused or confused by some math dice puzzles. While most of these puzzles can be solved by pencil and paper analysis, there are some that are best tackled with a computer to find a solution. Be prepared to keep your wits about you! |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics recreations |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | mathematics- Problems, exercises |
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| Book | HBCSE | HBCSE | Arts & Literature | 2016-10-18 | 1670.76 | 793.74/ Hes | 23629 | 2025-03-18 | 2023-09-04 | 1965.60 | Book |