{"product_id":"lewis-carrolls-games-and-puzzles-9780486269221","title":"Lewis Carroll's Games and Puzzles","description":"\u003cp\u003eWidely known as the author of \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e and other books for children, Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson) also excelled as a mathematician and inventor of puzzles. Toward the end of his life, Carroll worked on a book of mathematical puzzles and games but died before it was completed. This book is a new compilation of Carroll's surviving puzzles and games, assembled and edited by Edward Wakeling, a Lewis Carroll scholar and writer on mathematics. Included are a substantial number of problems that Carroll had intended for his collection.\u003cbr\u003eAmong the problems -- many published here for the first time -- are these baffling brain teasers: Cakes in a Row; Alice's Multiplication Tables; Looking-Glass Time; Four Brothers and a Monkey; Hidden Names; Handicaps; Diverse Doublets; Mischmasch; Arithmetical Croquet; Square Numbers; A Sticky Problem; Wise Eyes; Painting Cubes; Two Clocks; An Amazing Maze; The Number Forty-Two; and 26 others.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to Carroll's original mathematical inventions and games, the editor has supplied a few original problems of his own. Some hints and solutions are also provided. Enhanced with some of John Tenniel's famous illustrations, this volume is a delightful double treat for any puzzle enthusiast or lover of the \"Alice\" books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLewis Carroll (1832-98) was the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel, \u003ci\u003e Through the Looking Glass, \u003c\/i\u003e are rich repositories of his sparkling gifts for wordplay, logic, and fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527050891538,"sku":"9780486269221","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06e9fa06-8e1d-426d-b10c-89f5770ccb5d.jpg?v=1731290691","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lewis-carrolls-games-and-puzzles-9780486269221","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}