
Author/Contributor(s): | Stewart, Ian |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA |
Date: | 07/08/2004 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
including Counting the Cattle of the Sun, The Great Drain Robbery, and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments. Fully illustrated with explanatory diagrams, each tale is told with engaging wit, sure to amuse everyone with an interest in puzzles and mathematics. Along the way, we also meet many
curious characters. Containing twenty specially-commissioned cartoons, this book will delight all who are familiar with Stewart's many other books, such as What Shape is a Snowflake? and Flatterland and anyone interested in mathematical problems. In short, these stories are engaging, challenging,
and lots of fun!