Book:George Gamow/Puzzle-Math

Contents

 * Prologue: How This Book Came into Being


 * 1. The Great Sultan
 * Twelve in One
 * A Family Problem
 * Forty Unfaithful Wives
 * The Date of the Hanging
 * Abdul's Second Ordeal
 * Horse Race in Reverse


 * 2. Gamblin' Sam
 * Cards in a Hat
 * Aces
 * Random Probability
 * Matching Pennies
 * Birthdays
 * Tennis Tournament
 * One-Sided Game


 * 3. The Railroad Man
 * Passing Trains
 * Overlapping Trains
 * The Bumblebee
 * The Carrier Pigeons
 * Daylight Saving


 * 4. Travel Is So Broadening
 * Three Soot-Smeared Faces
 * A Kiss in the Dark
 * Bread Rationing


 * 5. Young Nicholas
 * Domino Game
 * Building-Blocks
 * Diagonal Strings


 * '''6. The Yacht Club
 * Windless Sails
 * Boat and Bottle
 * Gin and Tonic
 * The Barge in the Lock


 * 7. Aeronautica
 * Against the Wind
 * Homing Missiles
 * Refueling


 * Epilogue: The Moral