Recreation & Games Books


Taking Sudoku Seriously: The Math Behind the World's Most Popular Pencil PuzzleTaking Sudoku Seriously: The Math Behind the World's Most Popular Pencil Puzzle
Best Price: $12.46
Packed with more than a hundred color illustrations and a wide variety of puzzles and...
Hexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions: The First Scientific American Book of Puzzles and GamesHexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions: The First Scientific American Book of Puzzles and Games
Best Price: $38.75
After a long afternoon of studying ordinary differential equations, computer science, and...
The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and DiversionsThe Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
Best Price: $60.00
Martin Gardner comes through again with a great book of puzzles. There is a lot of material...
Self-Working Number Magic: 101 Foolproof Tricks (Dover Magic Books)Self-Working Number Magic: 101 Foolproof Tricks (Dover Magic Books)
Best Price: $4.56
This book is a fabulous value for the money. One of the magic square stunts can be mastered in...
Intriguing Mathematical ProblemsIntriguing Mathematical Problems
Best Price: $5.74
This great book is amusing and informative in its approach to solving mathematical bafflers, and...


The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco (Dover Recreational Math)The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco (Dover Recreational Math)
Best Price: $7.00
When this book first came out from W. H. Freeman, I could not contain my excitement. I had been...
King Arthur in Search of His Dog and Other Curious Puzzles (Dover Books on Mathematics)King Arthur in Search of His Dog and Other Curious Puzzles (Dover Books on Mathematics)
Best Price: $4.54
Since my first encounter with the artful playful logic problems published by Raymond Smullyan I...
More Math Games & Activities from Around the WorldMore Math Games & Activities from Around the World
Best Price: $26.90
Math, history, art, and world cultures come together in this delightful book for kids, even for...
Intelligence Games (A Fireside book)Intelligence Games (A Fireside book)
Best Price: $1.49
Let's Play Math!: Number Games with a Deck of CardsLet's Play Math!: Number Games with a Deck of Cards


Mathematical Merry-go-round: Whole Class Oral Activities to Enhance the CurriculumMathematical Merry-go-round: Whole Class Oral Activities to Enhance the Curriculum
Best Price: $12.29
Juegos Con Numeros / Games with Numbers (Spanish Edition)Juegos Con Numeros / Games with Numbers (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $11.96
El Curioso Mundo de Las Matematicas / Curious World of Mathematics (Spanish Edition)El Curioso Mundo de Las Matematicas / Curious World of Mathematics (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $26.65
Domino domino (In-genio series) (Spanish Edition)Domino domino (In-genio series) (Spanish Edition)
Complete with cardboard cut-out dominoes and sticks for hands-on learning, the books in this...
Roulette Odds and Profits: The Mathematics of Complex BetsRoulette Odds and Profits: The Mathematics of Complex Bets
Best Price: $14.60
The author comes to the essence of roulette betting. If you are math inclined, you will find...

The Countingbury Tales: Fun With MathematicsThe Countingbury Tales: Fun With Mathematics
Best Price: $23.90
Games and beauty are found in the origin of a major part of mathematics. It mathematicians...
Connection Games: Variations on a ThemeConnection Games: Variations on a Theme
A comprehensive study of the connection game genre, Connection Games provides a survey of known...
Mathematical Mind-BendersMathematical Mind-Benders
Peter Winkler is at it again. Following the enthusiastic reaction to Mathematical Puzzles: A...
Crimes And MathdemeanorsCrimes And Mathdemeanors
This collection of short detective stories provides an exciting new challenge for young adults...
Let's Play Math!: Number Games with a Deck of CardsLet's Play Math!: Number Games with a Deck of Cards

Mathematical Merry-go-round: Whole Class Oral Activities to Enhance the CurriculumMathematical Merry-go-round: Whole Class Oral Activities to Enhance the Curriculum
Best Price: $12.29
Juegos Con Numeros / Games with Numbers (Spanish Edition)Juegos Con Numeros / Games with Numbers (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $11.96
El Curioso Mundo de Las Matematicas / Curious World of Mathematics (Spanish Edition)El Curioso Mundo de Las Matematicas / Curious World of Mathematics (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $26.65
Domino domino (In-genio series) (Spanish Edition)Domino domino (In-genio series) (Spanish Edition)
Complete with cardboard cut-out dominoes and sticks for hands-on learning, the books in this...
Roulette Odds and Profits: The Mathematics of Complex BetsRoulette Odds and Profits: The Mathematics of Complex Bets
Best Price: $14.60
The author comes to the essence of roulette betting. If you are math inclined, you will find...

The Countingbury Tales: Fun With MathematicsThe Countingbury Tales: Fun With Mathematics
Best Price: $23.90
Games and beauty are found in the origin of a major part of mathematics. It mathematicians...
Connection Games: Variations on a ThemeConnection Games: Variations on a Theme
A comprehensive study of the connection game genre, Connection Games provides a survey of known...
Mathematical Mind-BendersMathematical Mind-Benders
Peter Winkler is at it again. Following the enthusiastic reaction to Mathematical Puzzles: A...
Crimes And MathdemeanorsCrimes And Mathdemeanors
This collection of short detective stories provides an exciting new challenge for young adults...
Expeditions in MathematicsExpeditions in Mathematics
Expeditions in Mathematics is the second volume based on lectures for pre-college students...

The Math Chat Book (Spectrum)The Math Chat Book (Spectrum)
Best Price: $22.49
Despite the math phobia that afflicts so much of the population, it is limited in extent. All...
The Grab a Pencil Book of KakuroThe Grab a Pencil Book of KakuroAmusements in MathematicsAmusements in Mathematics
Best Price: $35.53
the type set is like a stream of conscious, the preface just runs right in to the first...
The Kakuro ChallengeThe Kakuro Challenge
Best Price: $1.59
Kakuro, also known as cross sums, is one of the puzzles quickly growing in popularity. Like...
Math-Teaz: Volume 2Math-Teaz: Volume 2
Best Price: $8.40
Math-Teaz will challenge your math skills and sharpen your ability to solve math puzzles. Using...

Mathematical Recreation and EssaysMathematical Recreation and Essays
Best Price: $50.00
TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I. Mathematical Recreations. Chapter I. Some Arithmetical Questions. ...
Ultimate Scripture Chase SudokuUltimate Scripture Chase Sudoku
Best Price: $7.00
All of these books are great, because you can use scriptures to help figure out solutions. Each...
The Shape of Content: An Anthology of Creative Writing in Mathematics and ScienceThe Shape of Content: An Anthology of Creative Writing in Mathematics and Science
Best Price: $14.10
Over a few recent days I've been sampling from THE SHAPE OF CONTENT and it has supplied...
Mayor of Uglyville's DilemmaMayor of Uglyville's Dilemma
Best Price: $15.52
Inside this small (but perfectly formed) hardback there lurks some of the most devilishly...
Nonplussed!: Mathematical Proof of Implausible IdeasNonplussed!: Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas
Best Price: $10.70
Math--the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions--usually produces reasonable...

The Original Kakuro 2007 Day-to-Day CalendarThe Original Kakuro 2007 Day-to-Day Calendar
The logic behind Kakuro is very similar to Sudoku: fill in the numbers that will add up to the...
Gold Medal Physics: The Science of SportsGold Medal Physics: The Science of Sports
Best Price: $69.54
Nothing is quite as thrilling as watching superior athletes do the seemingly impossible. From...
Math Teasers: Mental GymnasticsMath Teasers: Mental Gymnastics
Best Price: $19.50
A collection of puzzles that aim to amuse as well as test and instruct.
Mathematical Adventures for Students and Amateurs (Spectrum)Mathematical Adventures for Students and Amateurs (Spectrum)
Best Price: $40.00
Some of the most prominent mathematicians have delivered a talk in the Bay Area Mathematical...
Mathematical Puzzle Tales (Spectrum)Mathematical Puzzle Tales (Spectrum)
Best Price: $25.95
These 36 mathematical vignettes are Martin Gardner at his best. Each originally appeared in...

Riddles of the Sphinx (New Mathematical Library)Riddles of the Sphinx (New Mathematical Library)
Best Price: $18.89
I would be thoroughly justified in causing my online thesaurus to heat up and spout smoke from...
The Big Pencil Pastimes Book of Sudoku: Over 350 Number Puzzles and AnswersThe Big Pencil Pastimes Book of Sudoku: Over 350 Number Puzzles and AnswersCombinatorial Lottery Systems (Wheels) with Guaranteed WinsCombinatorial Lottery Systems (Wheels) with Guaranteed Wins
Best Price: $19.99
Iliya Bluskov has probably exhausted the limits of formulating strategies for playing the...
Second-Degree Green Belt Sudoku (Dollar Tree) (Martial Arts Sudoku)Second-Degree Green Belt Sudoku (Dollar Tree) (Martial Arts Sudoku)
Best Price: $45.00
With a separate sudoku book for every level, all puzzle lovers can play this wildly popular,...
The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections (Recreations in Mathematics, 6)The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections (Recreations in Mathematics, 6)
This book opens up a whole world of possibilities for puzzle enthusiasts! It does a systematic...

The Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical MystificationsThe Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications
Best Price: $21.00
Maybe its that I'm looking at the past through rose colored glasses, but when I read this I...
The Universal History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Quantum ComputerThe Universal History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Quantum Computer
Best Price: $12.99
This book is really fascinating, especially if you are interested in scientific and technical...
The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations (Dover Recreational Math)The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations (Dover Recreational Math)
Best Price: $6.19
"The Moscow Puzzles" is unique among problem-solving and brainteaser books...
Ten-Minute Math Mind-Stretchers (Grades 3-5)Ten-Minute Math Mind-Stretchers (Grades 3-5)
Best Price: $2.99
Another teacher recommended this to me and I can't thank her enough!! I have a million...
More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside SchoolMore Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School

MathemagicMathemagic
A collection of tricks and stunts that take advantage of easy-to-understand mathematical...
Fantastic Book Of Math PuzzlesFantastic Book Of Math Puzzles
Best Price: $6.21
Enter the wonderful world of Pymm, a land where you have to depend on your math skills to...
Experiences in Math for Young Children/Instructors GuideExperiences in Math for Young Children/Instructors GuideThe Little Book of Maths, Theorems, Theories & ThingsThe Little Book of Maths, Theorems, Theories & Things
Best Price: $7.00
A unique collection of over 100 mathematicalideas, theories, theorems, conjectures,rules, facts,...
Daily Mail 30 Second Challenge: The Original Brain Trainer Volume 1 (v. 1)Daily Mail 30 Second Challenge: The Original Brain Trainer Volume 1 (v. 1)
Best Price: $23.64
Perfect for anyone young or old looking to sharpen their mental math skills, these fast and fun...

A to Z of SudokuA to Z of Sudoku
Best Price: $20.00
Sudoku is a logic puzzle that has become a worldwide phenomenon in the last few years: but where...
Math mysteries (Little books for kids)Math mysteries (Little books for kids)Mathematical Team Games: Enjoyable Activities to Enhance the CurriculumMathematical Team Games: Enjoyable Activities to Enhance the Curriculum
Best Price: $101.66
Team Games are special mathematical puzzles and problems which produce real cooperation between...
xxx Every Family'sxxx Every Family's
Mostly a pitch for his one-on-one training class. He gives clues about his "secrets"...
Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial IntelligenceMachines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence
Pamela McCorduck first went among the artificial intelligentsia when the field was fresh and...

Penguin Pocket Sudoku 2 (Penguin Pocket Books) (Bk. 2)Penguin Pocket Sudoku 2 (Penguin Pocket Books) (Bk. 2)
Best Price: $3.64
Banish boredom with the book no sudoku fan's pocket should be without Containing more...
Book of Curious and Interesting Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math)Book of Curious and Interesting Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math)
Best Price: $6.95
This is an "unabridged republication" of "The Penguin Book of Curious and...
The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: Fifty Tantalizing Problems of Chess Detection (Dover Recreational Math)The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: Fifty Tantalizing Problems of Chess Detection (Dover Recreational Math)
Best Price: $8.91
Join Holmes and Watson as they examine interrupted games to deduce prior moves. A series...
Topics in Recreational MathematicsTopics in Recreational Mathematics
Best Price: $26.92
This book shows something of the fascination, beauty and power of mathematical ideas. It is...
Puzzlooney!: Really Ridiculous Math PuzzlesPuzzlooney!: Really Ridiculous Math Puzzles
Best Price: $19.99
This is a book of puzzles that has delighted my children. Written for children in the 6-10 year...

Reaching for Infinity: Further Puzzles, Paradoxes and Brain TeasersReaching for Infinity: Further Puzzles, Paradoxes and Brain Teasers
Do space and time have boundaries? Do we exist in an infinite number of dimensions? If there is...
The Magic Numbers of Doctor MatrixThe Magic Numbers of Doctor Matrix
Best Price: $3.40
Have Some Sums to Solve: The Compleat Alphametics BookHave Some Sums to Solve: The Compleat Alphametics Book
The title is is a sum: HAVE + SOME + SUMS + TO = SOLVE. Every letter stands for a number....
At Last!!: Encoded Totals Second AdditionAt Last!!: Encoded Totals Second Addition
Best Price: $37.96
In his second installment of alphametics Steven Kahan once again hits the sweet spot. An...
MAGIC SQUARE (based on yin-yang principle)MAGIC SQUARE (based on yin-yang principle)
Best Price: $4.61
This book, Magic Square (based on yin-yang principle), teaches the reader the methodology in...

Doodle Yourself Smart . . . Math (Doodle Books)Doodle Yourself Smart . . . Math (Doodle Books)
Best Price: $10.36
Sometimes, when you?re stumped for a solution to a problem, the best thing to do is to relax....
The WareBox Book of SudokuThe WareBox Book of Sudoku
Best Price: $24.00
I enjoy sudoku puzzles. I enjoy them even more when I know I have completed a very difficult...
Magic Squares: 92 Puzzles for You to Solve!Magic Squares: 92 Puzzles for You to Solve!
Best Price: $109.35
The Fibonacci Sequence and BeyondThe Fibonacci Sequence and Beyond
Best Price: $16.53
This book deals with the well-known Fibonacci sequence, but in a new way: as a special case of...
Ancient Loons: Stories Pingree Told MeAncient Loons: Stories Pingree Told Me
Best Price: $23.51
"Ah, I?m Pingree. We meet again. Splendid. Won?t you sit down?" I looked around...

Daily Mail 30 Second Challenge: The Original Brain Trainer Volume 2 (v. 2)Daily Mail 30 Second Challenge: The Original Brain Trainer Volume 2 (v. 2)
Best Price: $3.93
Perfect for anyone young or old looking to sharpen their mental math skills, these fast and fun...
The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical CatThe Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat
Best Price: $6.25
I bought this book for my six year old who adores maths - especially doing problems in her spare...
Juegos de Recreacion Mental Para Muy Inteligentes (Coleccion Juegos) (Spanish Edition)Juegos de Recreacion Mental Para Muy Inteligentes (Coleccion Juegos) (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $12.93
Ingeniosos Encuentros Entre Juegos y Matematica / Ingenious Encounters Between Games and Math (Spanish Edition)Ingeniosos Encuentros Entre Juegos y Matematica / Ingenious Encounters Between Games and Math (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $11.96
Sodoku (Spanish Edition)Sodoku (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $11.95

Mathematical snapshotsMathematical snapshots
Numerous photographs, diagrams explain mathematical phenomena in series of thought-provoking...
I Did It: My Life After MegabucksI Did It: My Life After Megabucks
I saw this guy on televison one day being interviewed. Apparently I missed the news both...
Precalculus: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)Precalculus: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)
The fastest, easiest way to master precalculus . . . by doing it! Do logarithmic functions...
Recountings: Conversations with MIT MathematiciansRecountings: Conversations with MIT Mathematicians
This book traces the history of the MIT Department of Mathematics?one of the most important...
From Zero to Infinity: What Makes Numbers InterestingFrom Zero to Infinity: What Makes Numbers Interesting
From Zero to Infinity is a combination of number lore, number history, and sparkling...

SUDOKU111SUDOKU111
This book contains 111 of the fiendishly hard sudoku puzzles for the hard core sudoku lovers. ...
The Seven Follies of Science [Illustrated]The Seven Follies of Science [Illustrated]
This edition features ? a linked Table of Contents, linked footnotes, and linked Index ? 46...
More Mathematical Byways (Recreations in Mathematics)More Mathematical Byways (Recreations in Mathematics)
This volume continues the popular series of mathematical problems and puzzles first introduced...
The Moment of Proof: Mathematical EpiphaniesThe Moment of Proof: Mathematical Epiphanies
Best Price: $7.30
This book has been written for laymen, but unlike most such books manages to convey the flavor...
The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of MathematicsThe Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics
Best Price: $4.09
We all take our pleasures where we find them, and everyone is different, with different sources...
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