Preface
1: I know that you know that . . .
2: Domino theories
3: Turning the tables
4: The anthropomurphic principle
5: Counting the cattle of the sun
6: The great drain robbery
7: Two-way jigsaw puzzles
8: Tales of a neglected number
9: Is Monopoly fair?
10: Monopoly revisited
11: A guide to computer dating
12: Dividing the spoils
13: Squaring the square
14: The bellows conjecture
15: Purposefully piling pyramids
16: Be a dots-and-boxes grandmaster
17: Choosily chomping chocolate
18: Shedding a little darkness
19: Preposterous piratical predicaments
20: Million-dollar minesweeper
Further reading
Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University. An
active research mathematician, he is also a well-known popularizer
of mathematics and related areas of science. In 1995 he was awarded
the Royal Society's Michael Faraday award for furthering the public
understanding of science; his book Nature's Numbers was shortlisted
for the 1996 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books; and he
delivered the 1997 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures,
televised by the BBC. His many books include From Here to Infinity:
a guide to today's mathematics, The Science of Discworld and The
Science of Discworld II, What Shape is a Snowflake? and
Flatterland.
In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of
intriguing, challenging, and fun puzzles, each one spun around an
amazing tale.
*L'Enseignement Mathematique, 2005*
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