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Book Lewis Carroll s Games and Puzzles

Download or read book Lewis Carroll s Games and Puzzles written by Lewis Carroll and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1992-03-27 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-two perplexing puzzles by creator of Alice in Wonderland: Cakes in a Row, Looking-Glass Time, Arithmetical Croquet, Diverse Doublets, and others. Hints, solutions. Illustrations by John Tenniel.

Book Rediscovered Lewis Carroll Puzzles

Download or read book Rediscovered Lewis Carroll Puzzles written by Lewis Carroll and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This challenging collection of 42 mathematical mind-benders, compiled by a noted Lewis Carroll scholar, includes Castle Croquet, A Sticky but Polished Riddle, Who's Coming to Dinner?, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, Eligible Apartments, Predicting the Total, and more. Includes complete solutions and drawings by John Tenniel, the original illustrator of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Book The Universe in a Handkerchief

Download or read book The Universe in a Handkerchief written by Martin Gardner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative.

Book Alice in Wonderland Puzzle and Game Book

Download or read book Alice in Wonderland Puzzle and Game Book written by Edward Wakeling and published by U S Games Systems. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis Carroll devised many of the puzzles, riddles, and games in this collection. Puzzles range from easy to challenging for all age groups. Illustrated with reproductions of Sir John Tenniel's original drawings for Carroll's stories.

Book The Magic of Lewis Carroll

Download or read book The Magic of Lewis Carroll written by John Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores Lewis Carroll's activities as an inventor of games and puzzles and adept conjurer. Represents the most comprehensive collection of Carroll's games and puzzles yet compiled.

Book Lewis Carroll s Puzzles in Wonderland

Download or read book Lewis Carroll s Puzzles in Wonderland written by Richard Wolfrik Galland and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a trip down the rabbit hole into a wondrous world of riddles and enigmas. In this fabulous collection you will discover a host of challenging puzzles, some will be familiar, while others are curiouser... and curiouser.

Book Blending Logic and Imagination

Download or read book Blending Logic and Imagination written by Marcel Danesi and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lewis Carroll is known mainly for his children's novels and poems. Throughout these ingenious works he interspersed riddles, math and logic games, and a host of other puzzles, reflecting his interest in the ludic (playful) imagination. It is not widely known that Carroll is one of the greatest puzzle makers of history, composing them not only for children, but also for adults in magazines, periodicals, and books. One of his puzzle masterpieces is the so-called doublet puzzle, which he wrote for Vanity Fair, and is still one of the most loved wordplay games to this day. There have been various anthologies of Carroll's puzzles in recent decades, but virtually no study of their importance as part of a unique "puzzle art" exists. This book aims to examine this art as it manifests itself in Carroll's many puzzle creations, both within his novels, and in his many other writings. It dissects the blend of logic and imagination that he employs in creating riddles, anagrams, acrostics, math puzzles, logic games, and a host of other puzzle genres-all of which are discussed in the book. The main theme is that Carroll's literary writings cannot be truly grasped without taking into account his puzzle art"--

Book The Mathematical Works of Lewis Carroll

Download or read book The Mathematical Works of Lewis Carroll written by Lewis Carroll and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis Carroll wrote several mathematics books. He was mainly interested in using logic diagrams as a pedagogical tool. Symbolic Logic, first published in 1896, contains literally dozens of puzzles. He believed heartily that children would enjoy learning mathematics if they could be enticed by amusing stories and puzzles. The Game of Logic, published in 1897, was intended to teach logic to children. His "game" consisted of a card with two diagrams, together with a set of counters, five grey and four red. The two diagrams were Carroll's version of a two-set and a three-set Venn diagram. A manuscript of a brief lecture Lewis Carroll once gave, Feeding the Mind, discusses the importance of not only feeding the body, but also the mind. Carroll wittily puts forth connections between the diet of the body and mind, and gives helpful tips on how to best digest knowledge in the brain. This essay was originally printed in 1907. Lewis Carroll ((1832-1898) is best known as the author of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. His real name was Charles Dodgson. His father, the Reverend Charles Dodgson, instilled in his son a love of mathematics from an early age. Lewis studied at Oxford, and later taught there as a Mathematics Lecturer.

Book The Game of Logic

Download or read book The Game of Logic written by Lewis Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Game of Logic" is a lesser-known work by the famous author Lewis Carroll, published in 1886. Unlike his more renowned works such as "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass," this book focuses on mathematical and logical concepts rather than narrative fiction. In "The Game of Logic," Lewis Carroll introduces readers to the principles of deductive reasoning and symbolic logic through a series of puzzles and games. The book is structured as a dialogue between the author and a fictional character named "The Gamekeeper." Together, they explore various logical puzzles and problems, using Carroll's invented system of symbols and diagrams to represent logical propositions and deductions. Carroll's writing style in "The Game of Logic" is playful and engaging, reflecting his background as a mathematician and logician. He presents complex concepts in a clear and accessible manner, making them understandable even to readers with limited prior knowledge of formal logic. Throughout the book, Carroll emphasizes the importance of logical thinking and problem-solving skills, encouraging readers to approach each puzzle methodically and analytically. He also includes numerous illustrations and examples to illustrate key concepts and provide context for the logical principles being discussed. While "The Game of Logic" may not have achieved the same level of popularity as Carroll's more famous works, it remains an intriguing exploration of mathematical and logical reasoning. Through its combination of puzzles, games, and dialogue, the book offers readers a unique opportunity to engage with abstract ideas and sharpen their analytical abilities in a fun and entertaining way.

Book Lewis Carroll s Cats And Rats    And Other Puzzles With Interesting Tails

Download or read book Lewis Carroll s Cats And Rats And Other Puzzles With Interesting Tails written by Yossi Elran and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British-Israeli recreational mathematician, communicator and educator, Yossi Elran explores in-depth six of the most ingenious math puzzles, exposing their long 'tails': the stories, trivia, quirks and oddities of their history and, of course, the math and mathematicians behind them. In his unique 'talmudic', associative way, Elran shows the hidden connections between Lewis Carroll's 'Cats and Rats' puzzle and the math of taxi driving, a number pyramid magic trick and Hollywood movie fractals, and even how packing puzzles are related to COVID-19!Elran has a great talent for explaining difficult topics — including quantum mechanics, a topic he relates to some original 'operator' puzzles — making the book very accessible for all audiences.With over 40 additional, original puzzles, and touching on dozens of hot math topics, this is a perfect book for math lovers, educators, kids and adults, and anyone who loves a great read.Yossi Elran is co-author of our bestselling The Paper Puzzle Book, and heads the Innovation Center at the Davidson Institute of Science Education, the educational arm of the world-renowned Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

Book Logic Games by Lewis Carroll

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lewis Lewis Carroll
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2015-05-22
  • ISBN : 9781512311181
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book Logic Games by Lewis Carroll written by Lewis Lewis Carroll and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Game requires nine Counters--four of one colour and five of another: say four red and five grey. Besides the nine Counters, it also requires one Player, AT LEAST. I am not aware of any Game that can be played with LESS than this number: while there are several that require MORE: take Cricket, for instance, which requires twenty-two. How much easier it is, when you want to play a Game, to find ONE Player than twenty-two. At the same time, though one Player is enough, a good deal more amusement may be got by two working at it together, and correcting each other's mistakes. A second advantage, possessed by this Game, is that, besides being an endless source of amusement (the number of arguments, that may be worked by it, being infinite), it will give the Players a little instruction as well. But is there any great harm in THAT, so long as you get plenty of amusement?

Book Doublets  a Word Puzzle  by Lewis Carroll

Download or read book Doublets a Word Puzzle by Lewis Carroll written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was also a prolific writer of puzzles and games. In Doublets, he presents a series of word-puzzles that challenge readers to transform one word into another by changing a single letter at a time. Deceptively simple yet surprisingly challenging, these puzzles are as fun and engaging today as they were when they were first published over a century ago. A must-read for fans of word games and logic puzzles. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Alice in Puzzle land

    Book Details:
  • Author : Raymond M. Smullyan
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 0486482006
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book Alice in Puzzle land written by Raymond M. Smullyan and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2011 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass populate these 88 intriguing puzzles. Mathematician Raymond Smullyan re-creates the spirit of Lewis Carroll's writings in puzzles involving word play, logic and metalogic, and philosophical paradoxes. Challenges range from easy to difficult and include solutions, plus 60 charming illustrations. "An ingenious book." — Boston Globe.

Book Puzzles from Wonderland

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lewis Carroll
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2015-07-19
  • ISBN : 9781515140726
  • Pages : 24 pages

Download or read book Puzzles from Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puzzles from Wonderland is a collection of word puzzles, written in the form of poetry by Lewis Carroll. Carroll was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem Jabberwocky, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.

Book Games for Your Mind

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jason Rosenhouse
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2022-09-27
  • ISBN : 069124202X
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Games for Your Mind written by Jason Rosenhouse and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in mathematics, philosophy, and recreation Logic puzzles were first introduced to the public by Lewis Carroll in the late nineteenth century and have been popular ever since. Games like Sudoku and Mastermind are fun and engrossing recreational activities, but they also share deep foundations in mathematical logic and are worthy of serious intellectual inquiry. Games for Your Mind explores the history and future of logic puzzles while enabling you to test your skill against a variety of puzzles yourself. In this informative and entertaining book, Jason Rosenhouse begins by introducing readers to logic and logic puzzles and goes on to reveal the rich history of these puzzles. He shows how Carroll's puzzles presented Aristotelian logic as a game for children, yet also informed his scholarly work on logic. He reveals how another pioneer of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan, drew on classic puzzles about liars and truthtellers to illustrate Kurt Gödel's theorems and illuminate profound questions in mathematical logic. Rosenhouse then presents a new vision for the future of logic puzzles based on nonclassical logic, which is used today in computer science and automated reasoning to manipulate large and sometimes contradictory sets of data. Featuring a wealth of sample puzzles ranging from simple to extremely challenging, this lively and engaging book brings together many of the most ingenious puzzles ever devised, including the "Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever," metapuzzles, paradoxes, and the logic puzzles in detective stories.

Book Alice in Puzzleland

Download or read book Alice in Puzzleland written by Richard Wolfrik Galland and published by Carlton Books. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work your way through 250 riddles and brainteasers with Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Red Queen and the rest of Wonderland's unforgettable cast of characters. Solve this curious and curiouser selection of 250 puzzles, all drawn from the characters, language, and locations in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. These perplexing and vexing conundrums, enigmas, and acrostics will test your powers of deduction, logic, and creativity. Featuring some of Carroll's own riddles and Sir John Tenniel's beloved original illustrations, this collection will take you straight down the rabbit hole and into a wondrous world with Alice. Bind-up of Lewis Carroll's Puzzles in Wonderland and Alice's Puzzles Through the Looking Glass.

Book The Game of Logic

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lewis Carroll
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2023-09-07
  • ISBN : 3387035454
  • Pages : 122 pages

Download or read book The Game of Logic written by Lewis Carroll and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: