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Math & Logic Games
Discusses games with numbers, geometrical figures, logic, probability, and paradoxes, and looks at their mathematical basis
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First published January 1, 1980
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March 31, 2021
"Math and Logic Games" is a book by Franco Agostini. The title is inappropriate for the content, and I will explain how. The book covers mathematical curiosities that can be games, but not quite. For example, the book covers Zeno's Paradoxes. Furthermore, it covers Bertrand Russell's Set Theory Paradoxes. You know, the Barber that only shaves those that don't shave and so on.
While those ideas are all well and good, it has games you can play with Algebra. Remember those mathematical tricks where you get a certain number from a series of computations? The book talks about that as well.
The copyright date is 1983, so we hear a lot about Rubik's Cubes and the Four Color Theorem. "Math and Logic Games" is anachronistic and very much a product of the times. On the other hand, the mathematics used in the book is still applicable to Algebra, Geometry, and Set Theory.
While those ideas are all well and good, it has games you can play with Algebra. Remember those mathematical tricks where you get a certain number from a series of computations? The book talks about that as well.
The copyright date is 1983, so we hear a lot about Rubik's Cubes and the Four Color Theorem. "Math and Logic Games" is anachronistic and very much a product of the times. On the other hand, the mathematics used in the book is still applicable to Algebra, Geometry, and Set Theory.
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