Amusing Math Puzzles – Get 430 Brain Teasers to Exercise Your Brain

Mathematical puzzles, from 1650BC to the present day: fun, important, perplexing, interesting and sometimes just wierd. In this introduction,Robin Wilson, Gresham Professor of Geometry, sets out the four features we should be looking for in the puzzles. The full lecture is available (in 24 parts) here on YouTube, or it can be downloaded (like all [...]

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