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Lewis Carroll in numberland : his fantastical mathematical logical life : an agony in eight fits

Presents the life of Charles Dodgson, known to the world as Lewis Carroll, examining how his work in mathematics and love of puzzles provided the source and inspiration for "Alice in Wonderland" and his other writings.

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  • "Lewis Carroll in numberland"@it

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  • "As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll--who published serious, if occasionally eccentric, works in the fields of geometry, logic, and algebra--made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. --from publisher description."
  • "Presents the life of Charles Dodgson, known to the world as Lewis Carroll, examining how his work in mathematics and love of puzzles provided the source and inspiration for "Alice in Wonderland" and his other writings."@en
  • "Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician. This title explores the curious imagination of this man who filled his writings with problems, paradoxes, puzzles and teasing games of logic."

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  • "Biography"
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  • "Lewis Carroll in Numberland"
  • "Lewis Carroll en el país de los números : su fantástica vida matemática (un desatino en ocho arrebatos)"
  • "Lewis Carroll nel paese dei numeri : una biografia in otto canti"@it
  • "Lewis Carroll nel paese dei numeri : una biografia in otto canti"
  • "Lewis Carroll in Numberland : his fantastical mathematical logical life"
  • "Lewis Carroll in numberland : his fantastical mathematical logical life : an agony in eight fits"
  • "Lewis Carroll in numberland : his fantastical mathematical logical life : an agony in eight fits"@en
  • "Lewis Carroll in numberland his fantastical mathematical logical life ; an agony in eight fits"@en
  • "Lewis Carroll in Numberland : His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life : An Agony in Eight Fits"
  • "Lewis Carroll in numberland his fantastical mathematical logical life"
  • "Lewis Carroll in Numberland : his fantastical mathematical logical life : an agony in eight fits"
  • "Lewis Carroll in numberland : his fantastical mathematical logical life ; an agony in eight fits"
  • "Lewis Carroll in numberland"
  • "Lewis Carroll en el país de los números : su fantástica vida matemática : (un desatino en ocho arrebatos)"@es

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