Description |
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Lectures. lcgft |
Series |
Great courses. Mathematics. Applied mathematics |
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Great courses ; 9076 |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics ; 9076.
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Great courses. Mathematics. Applied mathematics.
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Note |
Great courses no: 9076 |
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12 lectures (30 min. each). |
System Details |
DVD. |
Language |
In English ; closed-captioned. |
Performer |
Lecturer, Jason Rosenhouse, PhD., James Madison University. |
Bibliography |
Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199). |
Summary |
Tap your inner creativity with this thought-provoking tutorial on solving puzzles, cracking brain teasers, and answering logic riddles. |
Contents |
Disc 1: Why we love puzzles -- Thinking outside the box -- You don't need no algebra! -- Knights, knaves, and normals -- Lewis Carroll's game -- Question puzzles and coercive logic -- disc 2: The saga of the hardest logic puzzle ever -- The muddy children puzzle -- The perils of probability -- A new look at the Monty Hall problem -- Arithmetic amusements -- Algorithmic puzzles. |
Subject |
Mathematical recreations -- Videodiscs.
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Logic puzzles -- Videodiscs.
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Genre |
Lectures.
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Educational films.
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Instructional films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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Added Author |
Rosenhouse, Jason, lecturer.
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Teaching Company, production company.
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ISBN |
9781644650080 |
Standard No. |
9781644650080 |
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9781644650080 |
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