Puzzles and quizzes

Learn some amazing truths about sports, science, history, and more with this interactive trivia book asking you to spot the lieperfect for a personal challenge or group game night!

Continuing the amusing, interesting, factual, and sometimes ridiculous bits of information in A Treasury of Texas Trivia, this second volume brings you all-new entertaining tidbits-some of them useful historical facts and some just for fun.

Computer Science and Applied Mathematics: Algorithm-Structured Computer Arrays and Networks: Architectures and Processes for Images, Percepts, Models, Information examines the parallel-array, pipeline, and other network multi-computers.

Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians.

The mathematics behind some of the world's most amazing card tricksMagical Mathematics reveals the secrets of fun-to-perform card tricks-and the profound mathematical ideas behind them-that will astound even the most accomplished magician.

How does mathematics enable us to send pictures from space back to Earth?

Hollywood.

The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything is a treasure trove of random knowledge.

Enlighten Up Already!

FORTRAN is written for students who have no prior knowledge of computers or programming.

This is a book for people who are interested in statues .

Stop scrolling and chill with this 100% analogue-age timeout.

The Politics of Replacement explores current demographic conspiracy theories and their entanglement with different forms of racism and exclusionary politics such as sexism.

Pour ceux qui se pensent brillants (mais veulent le vérifier) ou qui souhaitent le devenir (oui, ça se peut!

Take a walk through the biggest events, the wars, the economic, political, and social forces, the presidents, and lesser-known personalities as well as the sports, music, and entertainment that created, changed, and built the United States!

We all played tag when we were kids.

A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in mathematics, philosophy, and recreationLogic puzzles were first introduced to the public by Lewis Carroll in the late nineteenth century and have been popular ever since.

Enter the magical maze of mathematics and explore the surprising passageways of a fantastical world where logic and imagination converge.

Software Engineering describes the conceptual bases as well as the main methods and rules on computer programming.

The trivia gurus behind the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series plumb the depths of history in this compendium of easily digestible diversions.

From enchanted animals to bizarre rock-and-roll stories, discover hundreds of far-out facts guaranteed to give your trivia game a whole new twist.

There are two huge gaps in scientific theory.

Sign Language of the Deaf: Psychological, Linguistic, and Sociological Perspectives provides information pertinent to the psychological, educational, social, and linguistic aspects of sign language.

While baseball is touted as America's favourite pastime, everyone will know the score with this grand slam of Q&A that's sure to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The magnum opus of one of the world's leading origami artists, the second edition of Origami Design Secrets reveals the underlying concepts of origami and how to create original origami designs.

Computer Methods in Operations Research focuses on the computational methods used in operations research.

An engaging, accessible introduction into how numbers work and why we shouldn't be afraid of them, from maths expert Rachel Riley.

Theory of Automata deals with mathematical aspects of the theory of automata theory, with emphasis on the finite deterministic automaton as the basic model.

For almost 50 years, University Challenge has served as a bastion of general knowledge, regularly testing our finest young minds with a dizzying array of subjects.

Um die Figur James Bond dreht sich ein ganzes Universum!

Mathematicians call it the Monty Hall Problem, and it is one of the most interesting mathematical brain teasers of recent times.

Not every problem has an obvious solution.

One of Uncle John's all-time bestselling editions, Supremely Satisfying is everything a Bathroom Reader should be: informative, funny, surprising, thought-provoking, weird, and a little bit gross.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Richard Osman has been trying to settle the most important issues society faces today.

Got a minute to spare?

From the inventor of the Rubik's Cube, "e;an idiosyncratic and gripping memoir"e; and an inspiring meditation on curiosity, puzzles, and the value of play (Observer).

From a VICE magazine columnist, ';a deeply entertainingif occasionally horrifying' (Joshua Piven, coauthor of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook) look at how humanity is likely to weather such happenings as nuclear war, a global internet collapse, antibiotics shortages, and even immortality.

Step into a world of daring knights, brave princesses and fire breathing dragons!

9 mois pour apprendre à mieux se connaître

Il existe une foule d'ouvrages sur l'évolution physiologique des femmes pendant la grossesse, mais rares sont ceux qui s'intéressent à leur cheminement psychologique au cours de cette période riche en transformations de toutes sortes.

'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRYA WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them.

How heavy is that cloud?

Master the game of Mahjong while learning about its legends and history with this entertaining and useful guide.

Analysis and Design of Certain Quantitative Multiresponse Experiments highlights (i) the need for multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA); (ii) the need for multivariate design for multiresponse experiments; and (iii) the actual procedures and interpretation that have been used for this purpose by the authors.

Packed with more than a hundred color illustrations and a wide variety of puzzles and brainteasers, Taking Sudoku Seriously uses this popular craze as the starting point for a fun-filled introduction to higher mathematics.

The phenomenal success of the Now You Know and Now You Know More has encouraged this third Book of Answers.

Un livre pour les tripeux d’énigmes, de charades et autres casse-tête.

Test your IQ while you ponder puzzles, riddles, and one-liners!

From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described mathematically.