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The Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays
The Universe in a Handkerchief Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations Games Puzzles and Word Plays
Author: Martin Gardner, Lewis Carroll
Suppose you have a cloth bag with one marble insideeither black or white, you don't know which. You add a white marble, shake the bag, and take a marble at random. It's white. What are the odds that the remaining marble is white? Obviously 1/2, right? Wrong. The correct answer is 2/3. This is just one of the scores of intriguing puzzles and par...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780387946733
ISBN-10: 038794673X
Publication Date: 10/7/1998
Pages: 158
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Publisher: Copernicus Books
Book Type: Paperback
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