Alcuin's Recreational Mathematics. River Crossings and other Timeless Puzzles, Hardback/***

Alcuin's Recreational Mathematics demonstrates the notions of basic mathematics using the 53 problems found in the early ninth-century text Propositiones ad acuendos juvenes ("Problems to Sharpen the Young") by the famous medieval cleric and teacher Alcuin of York. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): Prof Marcel (Professor Emeritus Anthropology, Professor Emeritus Anthropology, University of Toronto) Danesi Illustration(s): 127 line drawings Number of pages: 256 Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 163 x 242 x 22 Cover type: Hardback