Lewis Carroll in numberland : his fantastical mathematical logical life : an agony in eight fits
Robin J Wilson |
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Summary: As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll--who published serious, if occasionally eccentric, works in the fields of geometry, logic, and algebra--made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. --from publisher description.
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