Ahmes' legacy : puzzles and the mathematical mind /: puzzles and the mathematical mind. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marcel Danesi.
• Authors: Danesi, Marcel, 1946-
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Puzzles and Mathematics; Problems, Puzzles, and Games; The Ahmes Papyrus; Puzzles in Mathematics; Recreational Mathematics; A Cognitive Flow Model; Chapter 2: An Archetype Theory of Puzzles; Alcuinś River-Crossing Puzzles; Ibn Khallikanś Chess Puzzle; The Tower of Hanoi Puzzle; The Josephus Problem; The Aha, Gotcha, and Eureka Effects; Magic Squares; Mazes; Archetype Theory; Chapter 3: Puzzles and Discovery; Fibonacciś Rabbit Puzzle; Eulerś Königsberg Bridges Puzzle; The Birthday Problem; Paradoxes; Discovery Chapter 4: Puzzles and Spatial ReasoningTangrams; The Rubikś Cube; Flatland; Loydś Optical Illusion Puzzles; The Four-Color Problem; The Assembly Archetype; Spatial Reasoning; Chapter 5: The Mathematical Mind; The Traveling Salesman Problem; The Monty Hall Problem; Logic Puzzles; Mathematical Thinking; Ahmes ́Legacy; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 510.1/9; Mathematics; Mathematical recreations -- Psychological aspects; Mathematics -- Psychological aspects; MATHEMATICS / Essays; MATHEMATICS / Reference; Mathematics -- Psychological aspects; Mathematics; Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks; Neurosciences; History of Psychology; History of Mathematical Sciences; Anthropology; Medical -- Neuroscience; Psychology -- History; Mathematics -- History & Philosophy; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Neurosciences; History of science; History of mathematics; Anthropology; Neurosciences; Psychology_xHistory; Anthropology; Mathematics -- Applied; Mathematical modelling; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319932545; 3319932543
• Related ISBNs: 9783319932538; 3319932535
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource ; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 15, 2018).
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.