The Puzzling Adventures of Doctor Ecco - Brossura

Shasha, Dennis

 
9780486296159: The Puzzling Adventures of Doctor Ecco

Sinossi

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.

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Contenuti

Acknowledgments Preface The Adventures Introduction Eccentrics Minority Rules The Tower of Lego Odd Doors Problem The Coach's Dilemma Maximum Flow Critical Paths First Spies Spies and Acquaintances Spies and Double Agents Rocket Assembly Offshore Oil Well Experts The Campers' Problem Pebbles and Persuasion The Architect's Problem Circuits Checking Circuits Gossiping Defenders Delicate Balances "Polluters, Suitors, and Tigers" Warehouses and Barrels Party Code Breaking Code Invention Spacecraft Malfunction Escaped Tiger Industrialists and Generals Speculations Railroad Blues Flighty Ideas The Rotary Problem The Contract Problem Command and Control Wrong Number Fakes Fame Knowledge Coordination I Knowledge Coordination II The Couriers Problem Road Work Country Roads Subway Layout Vanished Puzzle-Mad Kidnapper Mystery Solutions to Puzzles

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9780716719588: Puzzling Adventures of Dr.Ecco

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0716719584 ISBN 13:  9780716719588
Casa editrice: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, 1988
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