Puzzling Adventures: Tales of Strategy, Logic, and Mathematical Skill

Puzzling Adventures: Tales of Strategy, Logic, and Mathematical Skill

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Book Description
This book will dare you to figure out the logic underlying venture fund investments, escape a Minotaur, negotiate an arbitration, catch a polar bear, play power politics, figure out if a witness is lying, spy on contraband traders, and verify DNA.

About the Author
Dennis E. Shasha, professor of computer science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, writes the "Puzzling Adventures" column in Scientific American. He lives in New York City.

Puzzling Adventures: Tales of Strategy, Logic, and Mathematical Skill,Dennis Shasha,W. W. Norton & Company,0393326632,General,Mathematical recreations,Mathematics,Puzzles,Science/Mathematics,Puzzles & quizzes

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