The Universe in a Handkerchief : Lewis Carroll’s Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays

This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative. This discussion of Lewis Carroll's mathematical games and puzzles also includes the "full texts of Carroll's privately published pamphlets and leaflets ... [and covers] in detail the recreational aspects of Carroll's fiction, verse, letters, and magazine articles."--Preface, p.x Takes the reader on a tour of Lewis Carroll's world of mathematical games and word plays. This book contains scores of Carroll's inventions, illustrating the genius and humor that ensured his permanent place in both classic literature and mathematics Fiction and Verse....Pages 1-20 The Diaries....Pages 21-46 Letters....Pages 47-57 Books and Articles....Pages 59-74 Miscellaneous Amusements....Pages 75-82 Doublets....Pages 83-122 Pamphlets on Games....Pages 123-150