The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. EccoCourier Corporation, 01.01.1998 - 181 Seiten Dr. Ecco is a mathematical detective and puzzle solver. In this book readers are invited to join him in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics, including The Tower of Lego, the Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, Gossiping Defenders, Code Breaking, and many more. |
Inhalt
Minority Rules | 13 |
Odd Doors Problem B | 21 |
Critical Paths A | 29 |
Spies and Acquaintances B | 37 |
Offshore Oil Well B | 44 |
CHAPTER THREE Experts | 47 |
The Campers Problem D | 49 |
Pebbles and Persuasion B | 54 |
Code Invention C | 75 |
Spacecraft Malfunction B | 78 |
Escaped Tiger C | 80 |
CHAPTER FIVE Industrialists and Generals | 85 |
Speculations B | 87 |
Railroad Blues B | 91 |
Flighty Ideas C | 94 |
The Rotary Problem B | 97 |
The Architects Problem C | 56 |
Circuits Checking Circuits D | 59 |
Gossiping Defenders B | 62 |
Delicate Balances C | 64 |
CHAPTER FOUR Polluters Suitors and Tigers | 67 |
Warehouses and Barrels B | 69 |
Party C | 71 |
Code Breaking C | 73 |
The Contract Problem C | 99 |
Command and Control C | 103 |
Wrong Number C | 105 |
Fakes D | 107 |
Knowledge Coordination I B | 111 |
PuzzleMad Kidnapper D | 129 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
answer Available in U.S. barrels of chemicals campsite carrier pigeon chess circuit clamp clients coin problem coins combinatorics control station counselor danger number dash dash dash dash dot Dave Phillips decoding Director dollars door Dover E. A. Wallis Budge easels Ecco asked Ecco smiled Ecco thought Ecco turned Ecco's Ecco's apartment eight couriers election encoding Evangeline fake faulty Figure five four barrels goes GUSTAV STICKLEY hand hour illustrations Jacob Ecco Jeffrey Ullman keeper labyrinth Lewis Carroll liars Libretti locomotive logician looked Loser Martin Gardner mathematical minutes Noriaty odd number options pair path photographs players plays plaza possible Presidente Carballero problem Professor Scarlet puzzle questions Radan roads rotary SAM LOYD Señor solution Solution on page solve stack Stanley story telling the truth tiger tion tons trip windsurfing Winner wins
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Tribute to a Mathemagician Barry Cipra,Erik D. Demaine,Martin L. Demaine,Tom Rodgers Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2004 |