Take mathematics from boring to absolutely engaging with this fun and educational two-course set. In Mathematical Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzles, join award-winning teacher and puzzle master Jason Rosenhouse as he teaches you how to master tricky brain teasers, solve challenging riddles, and increase your chances of winning games. And in Math and Magic, award-winning math professor and professional magician Arthur T. Benjamin shows you the algebra that explains card tricks, the shortcuts to lightning-fast mental calculations, and other marvels of the magician’s art.
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Taught by award-winning math professor and professional magician Arthur T. Benjamin of Harvey Mudd College, this course shows the math behind magic through dozens of tricks based on mathematical principles. You’ll learn the algebra that explains card tricks, the shortcuts to lightning-fast mental calculations, and other marvels of the magician’s art—all while impressing your friends, family, and yourself.
For thousands of years, puzzles have been a rewarding aspect of human civilization. If you like mental challenges, then this two-course set is for you. The Mathematics of Games and Puzzles is a fun-filled opportunity to engage with math, strengthen your mental skills, and increase your chances to win. Mind-Bending Math: Riddles and Paradoxes shows you how to solve some of the most famous riddles in history.
Humans have been having fun and games with mathematics for thousands of years. Along the way, they've discovered the amazing utility of this field—in science, engineering, finance, games of chance, and many other aspects of life. This course of 24 half-hour lectures celebrates the sheer joy of math, taught by a mathematician who is literally a magician with numbers. Professor Arthur T. Benjamin shows how everything in mathematics is connected—how the beautiful and often imposing edifice that has given us algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, probability, and so much else is based on nothing more than fooling around with numbers.
Professor Jason Rosenhouse presents his favorite brain teasers and logic puzzles. Each lesson starts with a relatively simple puzzle that illustrates a mathematical idea or problem-solving strategy. From there, you progress to more challenging problems that will provide hours of amusement. Puzzles include the Bridges of Königsberg, the Monty Hall problem, the “Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever,” and many more.
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