Adventures In Recreational Mathematics - Volume I

David Singmaster is a renowned mathematician who has published the standard solution for the Rubik's Cube and is a lecturer on recreational mathematics. He has also become a noted chronicler of recreational mathematics puzzles, owning thousands of books related to them. This set of two books explores the origins of ancient puzzles, which can be traced back to their Medieval, Chinese, Arabic, and Indian sources, and provides readers with a fascinating adventure into their history and relevance to contemporary mathematical concepts.

Format: Hardback
Length: 316 pages
Publication date: 12 November 2021
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

David Singmaster is a strong advocate for the presentation and teaching of mathematics as a recreational activity. His interest in mathematical puzzles was sparked in 1978 when the Rubik's Cube gained widespread popularity, as it was based on thinly disguised mathematical concepts. Dr. Singmaster not only published the standard mathematical solution for the Rubik's Cube, which is still in use today, but he also became the de facto scribe and noted chronicler of recreational mathematics puzzles. He is an ongoing lecturer of recreational mathematics around the globe, a noted mechanical puzzle collector, and the go-to source for the history of individual mathematical puzzles.

This set of two books takes readers on a journey to explore the previously unknown origins of ancient puzzles, which can be traced back to their Medieval, Chinese, Arabic, and Indian sources. The puzzles are fully described, many with illustrations, adding interest to their history and relevance to contemporary mathematical concepts. These musings are from a respected historian of recreational mathematics.

ISBN-13: 9789811226007