Mathematical Marvels: 4 Classic Books on the Foundations and Fun of Math
Classic Puzzles, Number Curiosities, Logic Problems, and Mathematical DiscoveryBy Henry Ernest Dudeney, Greg Fee, David Slowinski
Length30h 57m
About this audiobook
Mathematical Marvels: 4 Classic Books on the Foundations and Fun of Math gathers four works that present mathematics not as an abstract enclosure but as a field of wonder, experiment, and play. Across puzzles, paradoxes, recreational problems, and lucid explorations of fundamental ideas, the volume ranges from witty riddle-making to disciplined logical inference. Its standout challenges invite readers to test assumptions about number, geometry, probability, and proof, situating recreational mathematics within a longstanding literary tradition that joins instruction to amusement. The collection brings together Henry Ernest Dudeney, a formative figure in the popularization of mathematical puzzles, with Greg Fee and David Slowinski, whose contributions extend this accessible, problem-centered mode of inquiry. Their varied approaches reflect the durable cultural movement of recreational mathematics: a tradition in which ingenuity, patience, and curiosity become avenues toward serious conceptual understanding. Read together, these voices demonstrate how mathematical thought has circulated beyond formal classrooms through magazines, puzzle books, and popular exposition. Ideal for students, teachers, puzzle enthusiasts, and general readers, this anthology offers an unusually rich encounter with multiple styles of mathematical writing in one volume. It rewards both leisurely browsing and sustained study, illuminating the links between diversion and discovery while encouraging a lively dialogue among its problems, methods, and perspectives.
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GenreScience and Nature, Literary Classics
Length30 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Amusements in Mathematics
2Amusements in Mathematics
3AMUSEMENTS IN MATHEMATICS.
4AGE AND KINSHIP PUZZLES.
5LOCOMOTION AND SPEED PUZZLES.
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6GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS.
7GREEK CROSS PUZZLES.
8PATCHWORK PUZZLES.
9POINTS AND LINES PROBLEMS.
10UNICURSAL AND ROUTE PROBLEMS.
11COMBINATION AND GROUP PROBLEMS.
12STATICAL CHESS PUZZLES.
13DYNAMICAL CHESS PUZZLES.
14MEASURING, WEIGHING, AND PACKING PUZZLES.
15PUZZLE GAMES.
16MAZES AND HOW TO THREAD THEM.
17UNCLASSIFIED PROBLEMS.
18SOLUTIONS. (pt. 1)
19SOLUTIONS. (pt. 2)
20SOLUTIONS. (pt. 3)
21THE END.
22Miscellaneous Mathematical Constants (pt. 1)
23Miscellaneous Mathematical Constants (pt. 2)
24Miscellaneous Mathematical Constants (pt. 3)
25Miscellaneous Mathematical Constants (pt. 4)
26Catalan's Constant [Ramanujan's Formula] (pt. 1)
27Catalan's Constant [Ramanujan's Formula] (pt. 2)
28Catalan's Constant [Ramanujan's Formula] (pt. 3)
29The 32nd Mersenne Prime
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