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Amusements in Mathematics

by Dudeney Henry Ernest

Science » Mathematics

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You like to collect puzzles and twist your brain? Then this book is definitely for you. It’s one of the biggest collections of various puzzles based on probability, numbers, algebra… and so much more! Having about 500 illustrations and written in merry style, this book will make you happy and funny for many-many hours and take one of the best places in your collection.

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...amongChinese scholars. Our Chinese professor here (Oxford) also took aninterest in the matter and obtained information from the secretary ofthe Chinese Legation in London, who is a very eminent representative ofthe Chinese literati. "[Illustration: 5]"The result has been to show that the man Tan, the god Tan, and the'Book of Tan' are entirely unknown to Chinese literature, history, ortradition. By most of the learned men the name, or allegation of theexistence, of these had never been heard of. The puzzle is, of course, well known. It is called in Chinese _ch'i ch'iao t'u_; literally, 'seven-ingenious-plan' or 'ingenious-puzzle figure of seven pieces. ' Noname approaching 'tangram, ' or even 'tan, ' occurs in Chinese, and theonly suggestions for the latter were the Chinese _t'an_, 'to extend'; or_t'ang_, Cantonese dialect for 'Chinese. ' It was suggested that probablysome American or Englishman who knew a little Chinese or Cantonese, wanting a name for the puzzle, might concoct one out...