The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi: The 10 Greatest Math Puzzles of All Time
A walk through history's most mind-boggling puzzles
Ever since the Sphinx asked his legendary riddle of Oedipus, riddles, conundrums, and puzzles of all sizes have kept humankind perplexed and amused. The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi takes die-hard puzzle mavens on a tour of the world's most enduringly intriguing brain twisters, from Konigsberg's Bridges and the Hanoi Towers to Fibonacci's Rabbits, the Four Color Problem, and the Magic Square. Each chapter introduces the basic puzzle, discusses the mathematics behind it, and includes exercises and answers plus additional puzzles similar to the one under discussion. Here is a veritable kaleidoscope of puzzling labyrinths, maps, bridges, and optical illusions that will keep aficionados entertained for hours.
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Book details
- Author
- Marcel Danesi
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 258
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Mathematics › Recreations & Games
- Topics
- recreational mathematics · logic puzzles · riddles and paradoxes · puzzle history · brain teasers · famous mathematical problems
- ISBN-13
- 9781620458136 (Paperback)9781630262143 (Hardcover)
About the author
MARCEL DANESI is a professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at Victoria College, University of Toronto, where he directs the Program in Semiotics and Communication Theory. His recent books include The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi, The Puzzle Instinct and Increase Your Puzzle IQ.
In 1998, Danesi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He serves as editor-in-chief of Semiotica and is a past-president of the Semiotic Society of America.
Danesi has also held academic positions at Rutgers University, the University of Rome "La Sapienza," the Catholic University of Milan, and the University of Lugano.
Marcel lives in Toronto.