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Games and Mathematics
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A fascinating and entertaining tour of the connections, old and new, between mathematics and games. Rules, tactics and strategy of familiar games such as chess are all considered with a mathematical eye. The author then turns this around and shows how game playing can inform the thinking of mathematicians themselves.
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Games and Mathematics, David Wells
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- 2012
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- Title
- Games and Mathematics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Wells
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1107690919
- ISBN13
- 9781107690912
- Category
- Mathematics, Nature in general
- Description
- A fascinating and entertaining tour of the connections, old and new, between mathematics and games. Rules, tactics and strategy of familiar games such as chess are all considered with a mathematical eye. The author then turns this around and shows how game playing can inform the thinking of mathematicians themselves.