Like its bestselling predecessors Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities and Hoard of Mathematical Treasures, Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries is aimed at everyone from mathematical aficionados to novices. Join Professor Stewart's intrepid investigators to uncover: • How to solve a clueless pseudoku • The secrets of piphilology, piems and pilish • Why hexakosioihexekontahexaphobes have got it wrong • How to explain card tricks with simmetry • The strange case of the number thirty-seven The Casebook is another surprising, entertaining, jam-packed collection of oddities and brain-teasers for the mathematically curious
Author
Ian Nicholas Stewart is an Emeritus Professor and Digital Media Fellow in the Mathematics Department at Warwick University, with special responsibility for public awareness of mathematics and science. He is best known for his popular science writing on mathematical themes. —from the author's website Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See other authors with similar names.
