false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173034734m/240287.jpg 240287 2 Clifford Pickover is by most standards a mathematics geek (Ph.D. research scientist for IBM, associate editor for two computer journals), but he is the coolest math geek you might ever meet. For this book he has compiled 30 chapters of mathematical puzzles (and one short story), all having some connection to the concept of infinity. These problems are open-ended; in the event that the reader actually solves the main puzzle, there are enough digressions, diversions, and tangents to keep even the fastest computer running for hours. Computer modelers will be happy to find that instructive BASIC and C language has been provided for most of the problems. Many puzzles have been previously posted on the Internet, and the best or weirdest replies have been included in this book. <p> If phrases like "Monte Carlo bootstrapping approximation" send you off the deep end, not to worry. These are not dry, dusty puzzles. In problems such as "The Loom of Creation," "Grid of the Gods," "Alien Abduction Algebra," and "The Infinity Worms of Callisto," Pickover has couched mathematical puzzles in bizarre science fiction scenarios to make them both fun and challenging. <I>--Eric Warner</I> 232769 1995 Keys to Infinity total:7|5:1|4:4|3:2| 7 27 12 1 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 08 16:57:59 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 16:57:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:16:55 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 00:16:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 12:12:32 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 12:12:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 29 12:32:12 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 12:18:46 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 12:32:12 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 06 01:56:59 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 01:56:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 10 20:01:02 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 20:01:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 04 10:25:09 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 10:25:09 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu May 22 09:37:21 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 22:01:00 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Apr 29 16:20:45 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 16:20:45 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Thu Feb 14 10:01:30 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 10:02:12 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Aug 21 13:29:02 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 13:29:02 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Apr 12 14:38:20 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 18:17:43 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=240287