Sudoku and number puzzles Books

Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with number puzzlesPreviously unpublished quality Su Doku grids from The Times, which help develop your skills to take on Extreme Su Doku.The 200 puzzles in this collection of treacherously difficult puzzles will stretch even the most advanced Su Doku enthusiast. You will need to use all of your best solving techniques to get to the end of this testing challenge.The puzzles in the collection are of the highest quality and are perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles.Guaranteed to provide hours of mind-stretching entertainment.

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Book SynopsisKakuro is a puzzle type in which sums are given and solvers must deduce the numbers in the individual boxes. This book helps to solve the puzzles.

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzlesThe ninth title in The Times Fiendish Su Doku series the latest volume of previously unpublished quality Su Doku puzzles from the puzzle providers to the Times.You don't need to be a mathematical genius to solve the treacherous puzzles in this collection of Fiendishly difficult puzzles it's simply a question of logic.Since the first Su Doku puzzle appeared in The Times in November 2004, this classic game of logic has become a phenomenon, with over 5 million copies of the Times Su Doku series sold worldwide.Perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles, and guaranteed to provide hours of mind-stretching entertainment.Trade Review* Phenomenal sales of the Times Su Doku series - over 5 million copies sold worldwide * The Times is the market leader in Su Doku * The more difficult books in the series tend to sell most strongly, as puzzle enthusiasts look for an appropriately tough challenge, and the quality of Times puzzles.

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Book SynopsisQuiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games. A collection of 200 Difficult Su Doku puzzles. Perfect for the more advanced Su Doku solver in need of a constant supply of challenging puzzles. Guaranteed to provide hours of absorbing, brain-stretching entertainment.

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzlesFor those who like to live dangerously and push beyond their mental comfort zone, steel yourself for the second book in The Times'' toughest Killer series yet.Prepare for the extreme mental challenge of 100 Deadly-level Killer puzzles, including, exclusive to The Times, 20 Extra Deadly, to really test your limits: this is the only series in which you''ll find such a torturous collection.The Times Ultimate Killer Su Doku 2 is not for the fainthearted. The puzzles use the same 9x9 grid as Su Doku, and have an added mathematical challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1-9, it is also necessary to ensure that the outlined cubes add up to the same number as well.If the first Ultimate Killer Su Doku didn''t scare you off see how you fare after tackling this one

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Book SynopsisSuitable for puzzle lovers, this title includes 300 puzzles.

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Book SynopsisA handsome, stylish Sudoku book for analog aficionados and logic lovers. Move over, tacky Sudoku books. This unusually handsome Sudoku book features one hundred and fifty classic brain-teasers, in a package you'd be proud to leave on your coffee table.

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Book SynopsisQuiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games.For anyone who loves the challenge of Su Doku but manages to solve them within minutes, you can now enjoy the extended mental workout and ultimate endurance test of a five grid interlinked system.This is Su Doku multiplied: every column, row and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 to 9. Where the puzzles overlap, the rows and columns do not go beyond their usual 9x9 length but the interlocking boxes give you more clues and more complexity.With another 100 new Samurai puzzles to vex you for hours, lose yourself in the four levels of this book:10 Easy40 Mild40 Difficult10 Super difficultEven the speediest of Su Doku solvers will be agonising over these ultra-complex, extended brain-teasers.These are the most difficult Su Doku puzzles in The Times range.

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Book SynopsisSixy sudoku puzzles bring a whole new dimension of logic, making a 6 x 6 possibly even more fun than a 9 x 9 sudoku! There is no plain hard work, just a lot of logic and insight.Peter Ritmeester, founder and owner of PZZL.com, is the inventor of Hyper Sudoku where four gray regions also contain 1-9. By applying this idea to 6 x 6 Sudoku, an additional level of logic is created. Pocket Posh Sixy Sudoku Hard Puzzles features a foreword, an extensive how-to-play section, 200 medium to hard puzzles, and complete solutions at the back. The rules: insert the digits 1-6 just once in each a) row, b) column, c) bold outlined area AND d) in each white and gray rectangle.

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Book SynopsisTest your powers of logic with these fun puzzles.200 brand new compelling and addictive word and number puzzles from The Times. Appearing daily in the newspaper, Codeword is the cracking alternative to Su Doku and Crosswords.The concept is simple: each number represents a letter, so, starting with the solved letters, use your logic and vocabulary to reveal more letters, form words, and then crack the code! The most difficult puzzles for top solvers contain no solved letters so you need to employ all your logical strategies to crack those.The Codeword series is so popular because you don't need any prior knowledge, unlike a crossword. You can just pick up a pen and get puzzling. It steadily increases your vocabulary, as the difficulty slowly grows as you progress through the book, and even though you'll be working your brain, it's the perfect way to unwind.

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Book SynopsisA title that includes 300 puzzles.

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Book SynopsisTest your powers of logic with these challenging Su Doku puzzles.Previously unpublished quality Su Doku grids from The Times, which help develop your skills to take on Extreme Su Doku.The 200 puzzles in this collection of treacherously difficult puzzles will stretch even the most advanced Su Doku enthusiast. You will need to use all of your best solving techniques to get to the end of this testing challenge.The puzzles in the collection are of the highest quality and are perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles.Guaranteed to provide hours of mind-stretching entertainment.

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Book SynopsisThe dark web is waiting for you ... Get ready to immerse yourself in the internet’s darkest corners and stop the hackers in their tracks. 100 puzzles to solve by million-copy bestselling author Dr Gareth Moore.Can you fix the malware the hacker has embedded into your system before the clock runs down? Do you have the skills to stop them in their tracks before they’ve stolen your data? Are you ready to put your white-hat hacker skills to good use by thwarting criminal masterminds?Written by the internationally best-selling Dr Gareth Moore, this is the ultimate puzzle book for wannabe hackers, full of codes, ciphers and fiendish conundrums to crack.Also available: The Perfect Crime Puzzle Book (9781789293357)The Undercover Agent Puzzle Book (9781789294095)

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Book SynopsisA lush, stylish Sudoku book for analog-obsessed problem-solvers. Pretty Sudoku is no longer a contradiction. This beautiful, portable Sudoku book features one hundred and fifty classic brain-teasers in a package you'd be proud to pull out of your bag at your favorite cafe.

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Book SynopsisKakuro are language-free number puzzles that use logic and require just simple arithmetic to solve. This book contains 150 kakuros. It takes cue from the belt colors in martial arts: white is for novices, green for intermediates, brown for very accomplished players, and black for those consummate experts who crave a challenge.Trade Review"'Sudoku was great, kakuro is better' The Guardian"

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Book Synopsis300 hand-picked puzzles from the world''s Su Doku Master.Su Doku took the world by storm when Wayne Gould published his first series of puzzles in The Times. Marking 20 years and more since this publishing phenomenon Wayne has hand-selected 300 of his original puzzles for this special collection.The ideal gift for every fan of Su Doku.During a visit to Japan, Wayne was in a bookstore where, not knowing how to read or speak Japanese, he was drawn to the puzzle which he first thought was a crossword. He was intrigued and later on he decided to take it with him to the United States and Britain. After his initial retirement, in efforts to pass time and sharpen his computer skills, Gould developed a computer program that generates Su Doku puzzles.The rest is history, Su Doku became a massive hit worldwide and continues to challenge minds to this day with The Times at the forefront of Su Doku publishing in print and online.Enjoy this selection of Wayne''s original puzzles.Easy, Mild, Difficult and Fiendish puzzles included.

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Book SynopsisPresents tricky kakuro puzzles that require the very best skills - and give top solvers the complete mental workout they want.

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Book SynopsisA wide variety of sudoku variants, designed to keep solvers on their toes, but presented accessibly,with easier puzzles leading in to more complex variations.

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Book SynopsisBanish boring bathroom visits for good with this cheeky sudoku puzzle book from the bestselling author of 52 Things to Do While You PooWhat better way to pass the time during your next visit to the smallest room than with a collection of sudokus to do while you poo. Whether you''re a curious beginner or a master of the grid, these conundrums will suit anyone who likes to take the focus away from the task in hand and will keep you puzzling for hours.Within these pages you will find:- Over 50 creative puzzles to help you while away your time on the throne- Puzzles of varying difficulty level, from easy-breezy to a-bit-of-a-strain - Grids that can be solved not only with digits but with letters, words and even pictures!With this little book, train your brain while you perch on the porcelain and your time in the bathroom will never be wasted again.

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Book SynopsisTest your powers of logic with these challenging Su Doku puzzles.For anyone who loves the challenge of Su Doku but manages to solve them within minutes, you can now enjoy the extended mental workout and ultimate endurance test of a five grid interlinked system.This is Su Doku multiplied: every column, row and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 to 9. Where the puzzles overlap, the rows and columns do not go beyond their usual 9x9 length but the interlocking boxes give you more clues and more complexity.With another 100 new Samurai puzzles to vex you for hours, lose yourself in the four levels of this book:10 Easy40 Mild40 Difficult10 Super difficultEven the speediest of Su Doku solvers will be agonising over these ultra-complex, extended brainteasers.These are the most difficult Su Doku puzzles in The Times range.

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with number puzzlesFor anyone who loves the challenge of Su Doku but manages to solve them within minutes, you can now enjoy the extended mental workout and ultimate endurance test of a five grid interlinked system.This is Su Doku multiplied: every column, row and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 to 9. Where the puzzles overlap, the rows and columns do not go beyond their usual 9x9 length but the interlocking boxes give you more clues and more complexity.With another 100 new Samurai puzzles to vex you for hours, lose yourself in the four levels of this book:10 Easy40 Mild40 Difficult10 Super difficultEven the speediest of Su Doku solvers will be agonising over these ultra-complex, extended brainteasers.These are the most difficult Su Doku puzzles in The Times range.

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Book SynopsisTaking a page from karate - another Japanese art - each title in the series is graded by colour: White Belt for easy, Green Belt for medium level, Brown Belt for hard, and Black Belt for the super-tough solvers. Each title also contains 300 puzzles.

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Book SynopsisThe first book in a brand new Telegraph puzzles series, The Telegraph Big Book of Sudoku 1 contains over 400 sudoku grids ranging from easier puzzles for beginners right up to fiendish puzzles that will challenge even the most experienced of sudoku-lovers. Fuel your passion for puzzling with this bumper book of sudoku from the UK''s most popular quality newspaper.

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Book SynopsisKenKen is the brilliant successor to Su Doku that’s taken Japan by storm. In collaboration with The Times, Collins - the no 1 puzzle publisher - are proud to publish it in the UK. KenKen is a brain-training puzzle based on logic and simple arithmetic. Perfect for all ages and highly addictive, KenKen puzzles challenge and entertain in an entirely new way. The puzzle was invented by a charismatic Japanese maths teacher, Tetsuya Miyamoto in 2004. The name comes from ‘Ken’ which is the Japanese word for clever and KenKen translates as‘square wisdom’. It’s based on simple arithmetic and each puzzle involves some or all of the following skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As with Su Doku there are clearly defined levels for each type of puzzle from beginner and intermediate to advanced and the puzzles can be on any size grid, from 3 x 3 up to 9 x 9. The puzzles improve numeracy, logical thinking,

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Book SynopsisQuiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games.The eagerly-awaited sixth book in the bestselling Times Difficult Su Doku series.This is the latest collection of 200 previously unpublished Difficult Su Doku puzzles perfect for the intermediate Su Doku solver in need of a constant supply of challenging puzzles. You are guaranteed hours of absorbing, brain-stretching entertainment.Since the first Su Doku puzzle appeared in The Times in November 2004, they have become a phenomenon, with over 5 million copies of The Times Su Doku books sold worldwide. You don''t need to be a mathematical genius to solve these puzzles; it is simply a question of logic. Each puzzle has a unique solution and there''s no guesswork required.The Times Su Doku remains the original, the best and the market leader.

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Book SynopsisKakuro are language-free number puzzles that use pure logic and require just simple arithmetic to solve. This book contains 150 kakuros. It takes cue from the belt colors in martial arts: white is for novices, green for intermediates, brown for very accomplished players, and black for those consummate experts who crave a challenge.Trade Review"'Sudoku was great, kakuro is better' The Guardian"

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Book SynopsisTaking a page from karate - another Japanese art - each title in the series is graded by colour: White Belt for easy, Green Belt for medium level, Brown Belt for hard, and Black Belt for the super-tough solvers. Each title also contains 300 puzzles.

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Book SynopsisKakuro is fun - but if the puzzles aren't just right, newcomers can feel frustrated. This title eases novices into solving kakuro puzzles, helping them improve and preparing them for the next level of difficulty.

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Book SynopsisCalculus. For some of us, the word conjures up memories of ten-pound textbooks and visions of tedious abstract equations. And yet, in reality, calculus is fun, accessible, and surrounds us everywhere we go. This book shows us how to see the math in our coffee, on the highway, and even in the night sky.Trade ReviewOne of American Association for the Advancement of Science's Books for General Audiences and Young Adults 2014 "For every befuddled math student who's ever sat in class and thought, 'When am I ever going to use this?' Fernandez, assistant professor of mathematics at Wellesley College, gleefully reveals the truth: the world really does run on math... Whether describing how biology uses math to design more efficient organs and body structures or the best way to figure out when to overhaul a subway car, Fernandez keeps the tone light, as entertaining as it is informative. The book will speak most strongly to readers with some experience in trigonometry and basic calculus, but it's also accessible to those willing to put in a little extra effort. Either way, Fernandez's witty, delightful approach makes for a winning introduction to the wonderland of math behind the scenes of everyday life."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The author earnestly and excitedly seeks to make the principles of calculus near and natural, without the intimidation of a five-pound textbook dense with equations... Fernandez invites the reader along on this work day and telegraphs an enthusiasm for seeing calculus, with hints of differential equations, presented to him. This excitement will communicate itself to the math enthusiast becoming acquainted with calculus through the author's style, which is both lively and confident."--Tom Schulte, MAA Reviews "Written in a bright conversational tone, this book wonderfully integrates calculus into everyday life."--Devorah Bennu, GrrlScientist, The Guardian "Professor Fernandez is a delightfully quirky writer and his book Everyday Calculus is lighthearted and compelling, connecting mathematics to daily life... Everyday Calculus will not only be found to be understandable by non-mathematicians but will also be found to be quite entertaining. Indeed, not everyone considers the calculus going on inside Tandoori ovens, and they should."--Robert Schaefer, New York Journal of Books "Written in a bright conversational tone, this book wonderfully integrates calculus into everyday life."--GrrrlScientist "[T]he book is perfect for a reader who really wants to know what mathematics are governing our lives and who wants to learn and understand or polish up his rusty knowledge of these mathematics."--A. Bultheel, European Mathematical Society "Everyday Calculus is a triumph in the pursuit of the lofty goal of comprehending the world. Fernandez has touched upon a sensitive nerve, not just because mathematics makes most people cringe, but because the subject has allowed the passage of great things from some of the greatest minds ever to wander within the twentieth century. Oscar Fernandez is as bold as Alfred S. Posementier in his quest to deliver mathematical thinking as nature's gift to the thinking person."--D. Wayne Dworsky, San Francisco Book Review "Fernandez is especially effective when linking together seemingly disparate activities for which the underlying mathematical basis is identical. As the subtitle of the book suggests, the thrust is more one of 'discovering the hidden math all around us' rather than showing 'how mathematics is used,' which provides an honest and very pleasurable journey."--Choice "The book offers in clear and concise fashion much of the material found in a traditional calculus textbook, but presents it beginning with a real world observation and then developing the mathematics needed to understand the observation."--AAAS "The author's style is witty, conversational and comfortable... A very captivating read."--Andrew Jones, Mathematics TodayTable of ContentsPreface ix Calculus Topics Discussed by Chapter xi CHAPTER 1 Wake Up and Smell the Functions 1 What's Trig Got to Do with Your Morning? 2 How a Rational Function Defeated Thomas Edison, and Why Induction Powers the World 5 The Logarithms Hidden in the Air 10 The Frequency of Trig Functions 14 Galileo's Parabolic Thinking 17 CHAPTER 2 Breakfast at Newton's 21 Introducing Calculus, the CNBC Way 21 Coffee Has Its Limits 25 A Multivitamin a Day Keeps the Doctor Away 30 Derivatives Are about Change 34 CHAPTER 3 Driven by Derivatives 35 Why Do We Survive Rainy Days? 36 Politics in Derivatives, or Derivatives in Politics? 39 What the Unemployment Rate Teaches Us about the Curvature of Graphs 41 America's Ballooning Population 44 Feeling Derivatives 46 The Calculus of Time Travel 47 CHAPTER 4 Connected by Calculus 51 E-Mails, Texts, Tweets, Ah! 51 The Calculus of Colds 53 What Does Sustainability Have to Do with Catching a Cold? 56 What Does Your Retirement Income Have to Do with Traffic? 58 The Calculus of the Sweet Tooth 61 CHAPTER 5 Take a Derivative and You'll Feel Better 65 I "Heart" Differentials 65 How Life (and Nature) Uses Calculus 67 The Costly Downside of Calculus 73 The Optimal Drive Back Home 75 Catching Speeders Efficiently with Calculus 77 CHAPTER 6 Adding Things Up, the Calculus Way 81 The Little Engine That Could ... Integrate 82 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus 90 Using Integrals to Estimate Wait Times 93 CHAPTER 7 Derivatives Integrals: The Dream Team 97 Integration at Work-Tandoori Chicken 98 Finding the Best Seat in the House 101 Keeping the T Running with Calculus 104 Look Up to Look Back in Time 108 The Ultimate Fate of the Universe 109 The Age of the Universe 113 Epilogue 116 Appendix A Functions and Graphs 119 Appendices 1-7 125 Notes 147 Index 149

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzlesFor those who like to live dangerously and push beyond their mental comfort zone, steel yourself for The Times'' toughest Killer collection yet.Prepare for the extreme mental challenge of 100 Deadly-level Killer puzzles, including, for the first time ever, 20 Extra Deadly, to really test your limits: thjs is the only place you''ll find such a torturous collection in a single book.The Times Ultimate Killer Su Doku is not for the fainthearted. The puzzles use the same 9x9 grid as Su Doku, and have an added mathematical challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1-9, it is also necessary to ensure that the outlined cubes add up to the same number as well.But unlike with previous books, there is no chance to ease yourself in with Easy, or even Tough puzzles: this book is the ultimate Killer Su Doku completely deadly.

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzlesThese are previously unpublished quality Su Doku grids from the puzzle providers to The Times, and help to develop you to take on Extreme Su Doku.The 200 puzzles in this collection of treacherously difficult puzzles will stretch even the most advanced Su Doku enthusiast. You will need to use all of your best solving techniques to get to the end of this testing challenge.The puzzles in the collection are of the highest quality and are perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles.Guaranteed to provide hours of mind-stretching entertainment.

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzlesSpecially compiled to provide the most devilishly difficult challenge, Ultimate killer Su Doku 3 is the only volume for Su Doku enthusiasts who need a puzzle that really tests their mettle.Prepare yourself for the toughest Su Doku challenge there is. These diabolically difficult Ultimate Killer Su Dokus will really put your brainpower to the test as you warm up with the 100 Deadly Killer puzzles before steeling yourself to take on the 20 Extra Deadly Su Dokus. Are you ready for the challenge?The Times Ultimate Killer Su Doku 3 is not for the faint-hearted. The puzzles use the same 9x9 grid as a regular Su Doku, but have an extra mathematical element that makes them a real challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1 to 9, but also to make sure that the outlined sections, called cages, add up to the number given in each cage.If you survived the first two collections of Ultima

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzlesA new collection of previously unpublished Fiendish Su Doku puzzles with the added bonus of 30 Super Fiendish puzzles. Perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles. Guaranteed to provide hours of absorbing, brain-stretching entertainment.The puzzles in this collection are of the highest quality supplied by Sudoku Syndication, the Sudoku suppliers to The Times newspaper.Since the first Su Doku puzzle appeared in The Times in November 2004, they have become a phenomenon, with over 5 million copies of The Times Su Doku books sold worldwide. You don''t need to be a mathematical genius to solve these puzzles; it is simply a question of logic. Each puzzle has a unique solution and there''s no guesswork required.The Times Su Doku remains the original, the best and the market leader.

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Book SynopsisQuiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games.A collection of 200 Difficult Su Doku puzzles of the highest quality from The Times newspaper. Perfect for the intermediate Su Doku solver in need of a constant supply of challenging puzzles, this book is guaranteed to provide hours of absorbing, brain-stretching entertainment.Since the first Su Doku puzzle appeared in The Times in 2004, they have become a phenomenon, with over 5 million copies of The Times Su Doku books sold worldwide. You don''t need to be a mathematical genius to solve these puzzles; it is simply a question of logic. Each puzzle has a unique solution and there''s no guesswork required.The Times Su Doku remains the original, the best and the market leader.Trade Review* Phenomenal sales of Su Doku Books, over 5 million sold worldwide * Strength of The Times brand * The Times books are market leaders

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself with number puzzlesPreviously unpublished quality Su Doku grids from The Times, which help develop your skills to take on Extreme Su Doku.The 200 puzzles in this collection of treacherously difficult puzzles will stretch even the most advanced Su Doku enthusiast. You will need to use all of your best solving techniques to get to the end of this testing challenge.The puzzles in the collection are of the highest quality and are perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles.Guaranteed to provide hours of mind-stretching entertainment.

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Book SynopsisContains 300 puzzles.

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Book SynopsisTest your powers of logic with these fun Su Doku puzzles.Su Doku is the classic number puzzle.The Times Su Doku Book 14 contains a mix of 150 mind-bending variations, ranging from mercifully Mild to the uber-challenging Super fiendish:10 Mild puzzles60 Difficult puzzles50 Fiendish puzzles30 Super fiendishThis latest edition offers completely new and unpublished puzzles, provided by the puzzle suppliers to The Times, and are of the highest quality.So sharpen your wits and prepare to get solving the only question is: can you make it to the end?

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Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzlesThis is the seventh title in the Fiendish series the latest volume of quality previously unpublished puzzles from the puzzle providers to the Times.You don't need to be a mathematical genius to solve the puzzles in this collection of Fiendishly difficult puzzles, it is simply a question of logic.Since the first Su Doku puzzle appeared in The Times in November 2004 they have become a phenomenon, with over 5 million copies of the Times Su Doku series sold worldwide.The puzzles in the collection are of the highest quality from the puzzle suppliers to The Times. Perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles, and guaranteed to provide hours of mind-stretching entertainment.

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Book SynopsisMagical Mathematics reveals the secrets of fun-to-perform card tricks--and the profound mathematical ideas behind them--that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham provide easy, step-by-step instructions for each trick, explaining how to set up the effect and offering tips on what to say and do while performTrade ReviewWinner of the 2013 Euler Book Prize, Mathematical Association of America Honorable Mention for the 2012 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers "[F]ascinating... Magical Mathematics [is] a dazzling tour of math-based magic tricks... Lovers of recreational mathematics, and especially fans of the late Martin Gardner, who contributed the foreword, will find many pleasures in Magical Mathematics. And while exposing magic secrets in a book intended for the general public may raise hackles among some old-guard magicians, exploring the math behind these tricks will, in truth, only deepen the mystery. For, as the authors remind us, sometimes the methods are as magical as the tricks themselves."--Alex Stone, Wall Street Journal "The Riemann hypothesis, the Mandelbrot set, Fermat's last theorem--these mathematical notions and others underlie all manner of magic tricks. Mathematicians Persi Diaconis--also a card magician--and Ron Graham--also a juggler--unveil the connections between magic and math in this well-illustrated volume."--Scientific American "Writing for the public, the two authors share their passions, teaching sophisticated mathematical concepts along with interesting card tricks, which rely upon those principles for their workings."--GENII: The Conjurors' Magazine "[I]t is simply a beautiful book. The design, layout, typography, even the paper is beautiful... [T]his is one of the most fun, engaging new popular mathematics books I've seen in a long time."--The Math Less Traveled Blog "The authors are master storytellers... [T]he authors offer advice and recommendations for further pursuits in mathematics, magic and juggling."--Cut-the-Knot blog "Well known and highly respected in the mathematical community, Diaconis and Graham have produced a work that completely lives up to expectations. It contains descriptions of magic tricks as viewed by an audience, the mathematics that make them possible, and clear explanations to help you--with a little practice--amaze your friends."--Library Journal "Magical Mathematics gives readers a peek behind the velvet curtain that hides the magician's secrets... The book covers some nifty card tricks, juggling, codes and a slew of mind-bending puzzles. The book doesn't just tell you how to fool and impress your friends with parlour tricks, it explains why these tricks work, so that you can go on to devise your own--in fact, the authors challenge you to do just that. The writing is lively and the tricks are well set-up, providing newbie magicians with both points of view: what the audience sees and what the magician knows."--Montreal Gazette "Magical Mathematics is an absolutely remarkable book. I don't say this lightly. Publishers send me plenty of books to review. Some I like more than others. Magical Mathematics is a fantastic book for someone who wants to explore the non-trivial math behind some impressive magic tricks. While I enjoy purely recreational math puzzles that have no practical application I also love it when I discover challenges that are interesting and relevant. Magical Mathematics is chock full of fun (and deep) challenges that students (and adults) can sink their teeth into."--Wild About Math blog "Over 12 chapters, the reader is taken on a unique and wonderful tour that fuses magical tricks with underlying mathematical explanations and personal stories, written by world-renowned experts in both fields. With its friendly, disarming style, the book is pitched perfectly at a level that will surprise both the hardened mathematical researcher and the interested general reader, without putting either of them off... [T]his book is a must-buy."--C.J. Howls, Times Higher Education Supplement "The first chapter of this book begins by teaching a simple four-card trick and ends by presenting--complete with step-by-step color illustrations--a more complicated card trick that will truly amaze any audience. Both tricks are based on mathematical principles, and the book goes on to explain these and many other principles that can be the basis for a variety of clever magic tricks."--Games magazine "Learn the secrets behind card tricks, including step-by-step instructions for performing them, along with the mathematical ideas the tricks illustrate."--Science News "As magic books go, Magical Mathematics is erudite, thought provoking, inspiring... It is the product of multiple decades of work and research, and for a small subset of magic enthusiasts it could rank as the best book they buy this decade."--James Alan, Magicol "There is so much to digest in this book that it is impossible to describe even a fraction of it in just a few paragraphs. Let it suffice to say that if you are at all interested in card magic principles, how they work, why they work, and the history behind them, to ignore this book would be a serious mistake."--Peter Duffie, Magic magazine "From arcane theories to practical tips for working magicians, the authors go behind the curtain and reveal how the pros do it."--San Jose Mercury News "The connection between magic and mathematics has a long and intriguing history, and throughout their book Diaconis and Graham present detailed and fascinating insight into that history... Overall, the book is a wonderful introduction to this esoteric area, but has more than enough depth to entertain and enlighten the knowledgeable. Perhaps most important of all, it shows how deconstructing illusion can provide fascinating insight in the nature of reality."--Richard Wiseman, Nature Physics "Magical Mathematics strikes a nice balance between descriptions of performable magic tricks and the mathematics that makes them work. Unlike some 'mathemagic' books, in this work, Diaconis and Graham describe magic tricks that are actually used by professionals... [T]he writing is engaging, and learning the tricks that are presented is well worth the effort... This volume should find a place in any mathematics or magic library collection."--Choice "While turning the last pages, the reader is bound to feel touched and charged up and would definitely be moving in an altered direction, for this is a book that will not just leave an impression, but will also suggest which path to take next."--Shubashree Desikan, Current Science "Reading Magical Mathematics ... had ... [a] powerful effect on me. I was transported to a strange and shadowy world of card tricks and magic that, at the same time, was miraculously a land of mathematics, a land with substance... Barely ten pages into the book I am completely hooked."--John J Watkins, Mathematical Reviews "The authors have produced an invaluable contribution to the fascinating relationship between magic and mathematics... The authors exhibit a lifelong passion, enthusiasm and deep knowledge for magic and mathematics and this is an ideal combination for producing a great read... I highly recommend it to anybody interested in the mathematics behind some impressive magic."--Fiacre O. Cairbre, Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin "Mathematical Magic is a truly magical book, containing ample amounts of mathematics and magic that will amaze and amuse. Diaconis and Graham are both first-rate mathematicians and performers and offer insights and ideas that could not have been expressed by anyone else. This book is destined to be a classic on the subject."--Arthur Benjamin, SIAM "This is a splendid book with lots of wonderful insights... Give this book a try; you certainly will not be disappointed."--Phil Dyke, Leonardo Reviews "While there are other books out there detailing the relationship between mathematics and magic, this book is perhaps the best written of them all, as it will appeal to magicians, math buffs and general readers alike."--R. S. Beer, MagicBookReviews.comTable of ContentsForeword ix Preface xi Chapter 1: Mathematics in the Air 1 Royal Hummer 8 Back to Magic 15 Chapter 2: In Cycles 17 The Magic of de Bruijn Sequences 18 Going Further 25 Chapter 3: Is This Stuff Actually Good For Anything? 30 Robotic Vision 30 Making Codes 34 To the Core of Our Being 38 This de Bruijn Stuff Is Cool but Can It Get You a Job? 42 Chapter 4: Universal Cycles 47 Order Matters 47 A Mind-reading Effect 52 Universal Cycles Again 55 Chapter 5: From the Gilbreath Principle to the Mandelbrot Set 61 The Gilbreath Principle 61 The Mandelbrot Set 72 Chapter 6: Neat Shuffles 84 A Mind-reading Computer 85 A Look Inside Perfect Shuffles 92 A Look Inside Monge and Milk Shuffles 96 A Look Inside Down-and-Under Shuffles 98 All the Shuffles Are Related 99 Chapter 7: The Oldest Mathematical Entertainment? 103 The Miracle Divination 105 How Many Magic Tricks Are There? 114 Chapter 8: Magic in the Book of Changes 119 Introduction to the Book of Changes 121 Using the I Ching for Divination 122 Probability and the Book of Changes 125 Some Magic (Tricks) 127 Probability and the I Ching 136 Chapter 9: What Goes Up Must Come Down 137 Writing It Down 138 Getting Started in Juggling 145 10 Stars of Mathematical Magic (and some of the best tricks in the book) 153 Alex Elmsley 156 Bob Neale 160 Henry Christ 173 Stewart James 181 Charles Thornton Jordan 189 Bob Hummer 201 Martin Gardner 211 Chapter 11: Going further 220 Chapter 12: on secrets 225 Notes 231 Index 239

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Book SynopsisEver wonder why cats land on their feet? Or what holds a spinning top upright? Or whether it is possible to feel the Earth's rotation in an airplane? This title offers a compendium of paradoxes and puzzles that readers can solve using their own physical intuition. It also features an appendix that explains all physical concepts used in the book.Trade Review"A collection of physical puzzlers, often with counter intuitive manifestations, which, for all that, admit rigorous explanation supported by physical intuition... [H]ugely entertaining and provide hours of brainy activities."--Alexander Bogomolny, CTK Insights "This book seeks to nurture this physical intuition in readers by analyzing several paradoxes while keeping the math to a minimum. Through examining one puzzle or paradox after another, Levi emphasizes the underlying principles involved and helps foster an intuitive understanding of why things work the way they do. Readers will find themselves coaxed into learning because they want to satisfy their curiosity as they examine each puzzle... [A]n excellent resource for understanding some less-obvious principles of physics."--William Baer, Library Journal "Each chapter can be read in a few minutes time, say while you are drinking a cup of tea or coffee. It will give you a lot of inspiration to challenge or entertain your friends during a reception or another get-together with some different kind of beverages. Of course you will impress them only when they haven't read the book themselves already. Hence make sure that you are the first."--Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical Society "Mathematician Levi has assembled a fascinating collection of 77 puzzles, some clever new originals and some twists to old ones that challenge physical intuition... [A] pleasurable challenge."--Choice "Quite how a falling cat manages to land on its feet is a classic conundrum for undergraduate students of physics. Levi presents this and other puzzles, with a few clues to how to go about solving them using only high-school mathematics. He explains all the necessary physics concepts in the appendix too."--Nature Physics "Why Cats Land On Their Feet relies on a novel approach to problem solving that is not based on mathematics, but on models and physical intuition... By looking beyond formulas and equations, Levi's goal is to provide readers who have a familiarity with basic high-school math and physics with critical thinking skills that can be applied to a range of physics problems beyond the book."--Mechanical Engineering-CIME "Levi uses titillating puzzles and a humorous tone to truly infuse fun into the book. A must have for anyone that likes physics, or for that matter hates. Why Cats Land On Their Feet is a book that introduces the reader to the cool side of physics and then engages for hours."--Sarthak Shankar, Organiser "The book is written in an accessible style and presumes little mathematical knowledge: a couple of puzzles refer to some basic calculus, but most require only arithmetic. It is suitable for everyone from sixth form students upwards... Teachers and lecturers will particularly appreciate this text, finding in it numerous quirky thought-experiments, actual experiments and trivia to catch their students' attention."--Paul Taylor, Mathematics Today "This book will cultivate and challenge your physical intuition. Above all, it shows that physics and mathematics can be fun and useful at the same time."--Catherine A. Gorini, Mathematics Teacher "It is written with a lot of humor, and provides helpful insights without going into unnecessarily complicated physical or mathematical techniques. The style is informal and attractive, which makes the reading of the book a real pleasure."--Kiril Bankov, Mathematical GazetteTable of ContentsChapter 1 Fun with Physical Paradoxes, Puzzles, and Problems 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Background 3 1.3 Sources 3 Chapter 2 Outer Space Paradoxes 5 2.1 A Helium Balloon in a Space Shuttle 5 2.2 Space Navigation without Jets 9 2.3 A Paradox with a Comet 13 2.4 Speeding Up Causes a Slowdown 14 Chapter 3 Paradoxes with Spinning Water 17 3.1 A Puzzle with a Floating Cork 17 3.2 Parabolic Mirrors and Two Kitchen Puzzles 19 3.3 A Cold Parabolic Dish 21 3.4 Boating on a Slope 23 3.5 Navigating with No Engine or Sails 24 3.6 The Icebergs 25 Chapter 4 Floating and Diving Paradoxes 28 4.1 A Bathtub on Wheels 28 4.2 The Tub Problem--In More Depth 30 4.3 How to Lose Weight in a Fraction of a Second 32 4.4 An Underwater Balloon 33 4.5 A Scuba Puzzle 35 4.6 A Weight Puzzle 36 Chapter 5 Flows and Jets 39 5.1 Bernoulli's Law and Water Guns 39 5.2 Sucking on a Straw and the Irreversibility of Time 42 5.3 Bernoulli's Law and Moving Around in a Space Shuttle 44 5.4 A Sprinker Puzzle 45 5.5 Ejecting Water Fast but with Zero Speed? 48 5.6 A Pouring Water Puzzle 49 5.7 A Stirring Paradox 51 5.8 An Inkjet Printer Question 54 5.9 A Vorticity Paradox 55 Chapter 6 Moving Experiences: Bikes, Gymnastics, Rockets 57 6.1 How Do Swings Work? 57 6.2 The Rising Energy Cost 58 6.3 A Gymnast Doing Giants and a Hamster in a Wheel 60 6.4 Controlling a Car on Ice 63 6.5 How Does a Biker Turn? 64 6.6 Speeding Up by Leaning 65 6.7 Can One Gain Speed on a Bike by Body Motion Only? 66 6.8 Gaining Weight on a Motorbike 68 6.9 Feeling the Square in mv2 2 Through the Bike Pedals 69 6.10 A Paradox with Rockets 70 6.11 A Coffee Rocket 72 6.12 Throwing a Ball from a Moving Car 74 Chapter 7 Paradoxes with the Coriolis Force 77 7.1 What Is the Coriolis Force? 77 7.2 Feeling Coriolis in a Boeing 747 79 7.3 Down the Drain with Coriolis 80 7.4 High Pressure and Good Weather 80 7.5 What Causes Trade Winds? 82 Chapter 8 Centrifugal Paradoxes 84 8.1 What's Cheaper: Flying West or East? 84 8.2 A Coriolis Paradox 85 8.3 An Amazing Inverted Pendulum: What Holds It Up? 87 8.4 Antigravity Molasses 91 8.5 The "Proof" That the Sling Cannot Work 92 8.6 A David-Goliath Problem 93 8.7 Water in a Pipe 97 8.8 Which Tension Is Greater? 98 8.9 Slithering Ropes in Weightlessness 100 Chapter 9 Gyroscopic Paradoxes 104 9.1 How Does the Spinning Top Defy Gravity? 104 9.2 Gyroscopes in Bikes 108 9.3 A Rolling Coin 109 9.4 Staying on a Slippery Dome 111 9.5 Finding North with a Gyroscope 113 Chapter 10 Some Hot Stuff and Cool Things 117 10.1 Can Heat Pass from a Colder to a Hotter Object? 117 10.2 A Bike Pump and Molecular Ping-Pong 121 10.3 A Bike Pump as a Heat Pump 122 10.4 Heating a Room in Winter 124 10.5 Freezing Things with a Bike Tire 125 Chapter 11 Two Perpetual Motion Machines 127 11.1 Perpetual Motion by Capillarity 128 11.2 An Elliptical Mirror Perpetuum Mobile 129 Chapter 12 Sailing and Gliding 132 12.1 Shooting Cherry Pits and Sailing 133 12.2 Sailing Straight into the Wind 135 12.3 Biking against the Wind 136 12.4 Soaring without Updrafts 138 12.5 Danger of the Horizontal Shear Wind 141 Chapter 13 The Flipping Cat and the Spinning Earth 142 13.1 How Do Cats Flip to Land on Their Feet? 142 13.2 Can Trade Winds Slow Earth's Rotation? 144 Chapter 14 Miscellaneous 146 14.1 How to Open a Wine Bottle with a Book 146 14.2 :"t's Alive!" 149 14.3 Falling Faster Than g: A Falling Chain "Sucked in" by the Floor 150 14.4 A Man in a Boat with Drag 151 14.5 A "Phantom" Boat: No Wake and No Drag 154 14.6 A Constant-G Roller Coaster 156 14.7 Shooting at a Cart 158 14.8 Computing 2 with a Shoe 159 Appendix 161 A.1 Newton's Laws 161 A.2 Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, Work 163 A.2.1 Work 163 A.2.2 Kinetic Energy 165 A.2.3 Potential Energy 166 A.2.4 Conservation of Energy 168 A.3 Center of Mass 169 A.4 Linear Momentum 171 A.5 The Torque 174 A.6 Angular Momentum 175 A.7 Angular Velocity, Centripetal Acceleration 178 A.8 Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces 181 A.9 Coriolis, Centrifugal, and Complex Exponentials 181 A.10 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus 184 Bibliography 187 Index 189

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