Readership: Anyone who loves puzzles and mathematics. Readers will range from older school students interested in maths, to parents and schoolteachers, maths undergraduates, maths professionals, and the general reader of popular mathematics and puzzles.
Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics, The University of Warwick
Preface 1: Your Half's Bigger Than My Half! 2: Repealing the Law of Averages 3: Arithmetic and Old Lace 4: Paradox Lost 5: Tight Tins for Round Sardines 6: The Never-Ending Chess Game 7: Quods and Quazars 8: Zero Knowledge Protocols 9: Empires on the Moon 10: Empires and Electronics 11: Resurrection Shuffle 12: Double Bubble, Toil and Trouble 13: Crossed Lines in the Brick Factory 14: Division Without Envy 15: Furiously flashing fireflies 16: Why Phone Cords Get Tangled 17: Sierpinski's Ubiquitous Gasket 18: Defend the Roman empire! 19: Triangulation Takeaway 20: Easter is a quasicrystal Further Reading Index
