The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations

The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations
Fred. Schuh

Translation from "Wonderlijke Problemen; Leerzaam Tijdverdrijf Door Puzzel en Spel"

I. Hints for Solving Puzzles
II. Some Domino Puzzles
III. The Game of Noughts and Crosses
IV. Number Systems
V. Some Puzzles Related to Number Systems
VI. Games with Piles of Matches
VII. Enumeration of Possibilities and the Determination of Probabilities
VIII. Some Applications of the Theory of Probability
IX. Evaluation of Contingencies and Mean Values
X. Some Games of Encirclement
XI. Sliding-Movement Puzzles
XII. Subtraction Games
XIII. Puzzles with Some Mathematical Aspects
XIV. Puzzles of Assorted Types
XV. Puzzles in Mechanics