Notes on Rubik's Magic Cube
Author : David Singmaster
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,45 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780894900570
The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube
Author : James G. Nourse
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,40 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Puzzles
ISBN : 9780552118477
Book Description
Speedsolving the Cube
Author : Dan Harris
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,36 MB
Release : 2008
Category :
ISBN : 9781402753138
Book Description
Inside Rubik’s Cube and Beyond
Author : C. Bandelow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 24,66 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 146847779X
Book Description
On January 30, 1975 Ernd Rubik j r., professor of architecture and design in Budapest, was granted the Hungarian patent number 170062 for a "terbeli logikai jatek"--A game of spatial logic. Between 1978 and March 1981 this object-Bt1vos Kocka in Hungary, der Magische Wiirfel or Zauberwiirfel in Germany, Ie Cube Hongrois in France and the Magic Cube or Rubik' s Cube in Great Britain and the USA-has sold more than ten million copies. And they were not merely sold! A highly contagious "twist mania" has been spreading throughout families, offices and waiting rooms. Many classrooms sound as if an army of mice were hard at work behind the desks. What is so fascinating about this cube, which competes with Hungar ian salami and the famous Tokajer wine in the currency-winning export market? For one thing, it is an amazing technical tool. How does it work? Moreover, the contrast between its innocent, innocuous appearance and the hidden difficulty of its solution offers a serious challenge to all puzzle fans, but especially to those mathematicians who are profeSSionally concerned with logical deduction
Adventures in Group Theory
Author : David Joyner
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 2008-12-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0801890136
Book Description
David Joyner uses mathematical toys such as the Rubik's Cube to make abstract algebra and group theory fun. This updated second edition uses SAGE, an open-source computer algebra system, to illustrate many of the computations.
Handbook of Cubik Math
Author : Alexander H Frey Jr
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 25,90 MB
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0718848233
Book Description
The Handbook of Cubic Math unveils the theory involved in Rubik's Cube's solution, the potential applications of that theory to other similar puzzles, and how the cube provides a physical example for many concepts in mathematics where such examples are difficult to find. Nonetheless, the authors have been able to cover and explain these topics in a way which is easily understandable to the layman, suitable for a junior-high-school or high-school course in math, and appropriate for a college course in modern algebra. This manual will satisfy the experts' curiosity about the moves that lead to the solution of the cube and will offer a useful supplementary teaching aid to the beginners.
How to Solve the Rubik's Cube
Author : Rubik's Cube
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2018
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 9781405291354
Book Description
The Rubik's Cube is the world's best-known puzzle, a magical object that has baffled and fascinated the world for over fifty years. This clearly-illustrated step-by-step guide teaches you a foolproof beginners' method for solving the Cube, plus advanced techniques if you want to learn to solve it in seconds. An Official Guide to cracking the cube!
Cubed
Author : Erno Rubik
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 26,14 MB
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1474613136
Book Description
'More than just a memoir. A manifesto for a whole way of thinking' Daily Mail 'An idiosyncratic and gripping memoir about his life and the indomitable career of the Cube' Observer 'The rise and enduring power of the world's most popular puzzle toy . . . Cubed is less a memoir than a chronicle of Rubik's evolving relationship with his creation' Financial Times *** As a child, Erno Rubik became obsessed with puzzles of all kinds. To him, they weren't just games - they were challenges that captured his imagination, creativity and perseverance. Rubik's own puzzle went on to be solved by millions worldwide, becoming one of the bestselling toys of all time. In Cubed, he tells us the story of the unexpected and unprecedented rise of the Cube for the very first time - and makes a case for why rediscovering our playfulness and inner curiosity holds the key to creative thinking.
Metamagical Themas
Author : Douglas R Hofstadter
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 27,32 MB
Release : 2008-08-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0786723866
Book Description
Hofstadter's collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern: to examine the way people perceive and think.
Adventures In Recreational Mathematics (In 2 Volumes)
Author : David Singmaster
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9811251622
Book Description
David Singmaster believes in the presentation and teaching of mathematics as recreation. When the Rubik's Cube took off in 1978, based on thinly disguised mathematics, he became seriously interested in mathematical puzzles which would provide mental stimulation for students and professional mathematicians. He has not only published the standard mathematical solution for the Rubik's cube still in use today, but he has also become the de facto scribe and noted chronicler of the recreational mathematics puzzles themselves.Dr Singmaster is also an ongoing lecturer of recreational mathematics around the globe, a noted mechanical puzzle collector, owner of thousands of books related to recreational mathematical puzzles and the 'go to' source for the history of individual mathematical puzzles.This set of two books provides readers with an adventure into previously unknown origins of ancient puzzles, which could 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 are musings of a respected historian of recreational mathematics.
