Math hysteria: fun and games with mathematics/ian stewart

Description Welcome to Ian Stewarts strange and magical world of mathematics Math Hysteria contains twenty quirky tales of mathematical exploration by one of the worlds most popular writers on mathematics.

Ian Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale, including Counting the Cattle of the Sun, The Great Drain Robbery, and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments.

Fully illustrated with explanatory diagrams, each tale is told with engaging wit, sure to amuse everyone with an interest in puzzles and mathematics.

Along the way, we also meet many curious characters.

Containing twenty specially-commissioned cartoons, this book will delight all who are familiar with Stewarts many other books, such as What Shape is a Snowflake? and Flatterland and anyone interested in mathematical problems.

In short, these stories are engaging, challenging, and lots of fun About the Author Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University and the author of many books, including Natures Numbers and From Here to Infinity: A Guide to Todays Mathematics .

He writes the Mathematical Recreations column for Scientific American .