Rediscovered Lewis Carroll PuzzlesBest known as the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll was also a noted mathematician and puzzlist. Toward the end of his life, he was working on a collection of puzzles, but died before it was completed. Edward Wakeling, a Lewis Carroll scholar and mathematician, drew on that collection to prepare this volume of 42 delightfully diverting mind-benders: A Geometrical Paradox; Castle Croquet; A Sticky but Polished Riddle; Predicting the Total; Pounds, Shillings and Pence; Cats and Rats; Eligible Apartments; A Good Prospect; The Monkey and Weight Problem; Feeding the Cat; A New Way to Pay Old Debts; Crossing the River; Who's Coming to Dinner?; Going to the Theatre; Two Tumblers; Spheres and Dodecahedrons; and 26 more. Enhanced with illustrations by John Tenniel (the original illustrator of Alice) and others, this volume will delight Lewis Carroll fans and puzzlists alike. Solutions are included. |
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Contenido
Anagrammatic Sonnet | 31 |
A Charade | 32 |
Fish Riddle | 33 |
Cats and Rats | 34 |
Syzygies | 35 |
Pounds Shillings and Pence | 41 |
Three Triangles | 42 |
Every Triangle Has a Pair of Equal Sides | 43 |
Predicting the Total | 55 |
The Impossible Hole | 56 |
Excelsior | 57 |
Eligible Apartments | 58 |
Whos Coming to Dinner? | 59 |
Memoria Technica | 60 |
The Solutions to the Puzzles | 63 |
Why Is a Raven Like a WritingDesk? | 64 |
A Good Prospect | 44 |
The Telegraph Cipher | 45 |
Division by 9 and 11 | 47 |
Coins | 49 |
Bag Containing Tickets | 50 |
Going to the Theatre | 51 |
Two Tumblers | 52 |
Roman Numerals | 53 |
Spheres and Dodecahedrons | 54 |
The Captive Queen | 65 |
A New Way to Pay Old Debts 6 The Day of the Week for Any Given Date | 66 |
More Doublets | 67 |
Anagrams | 68 |
Anagrammatic Sonnet | 69 |
Cats and Rats | 70 |
Syzygies | 71 |
Three Triangles | 72 |
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