Hidden wonders: the subtle dialogue between physics and elegance

Authors: Etienne Guyon, José Bico, Étienne Reyssat and Benoît Roman Publisher: The MIT Press ISBN: 9780262539890 Call No: 621 Acc. No: 030555The hidden elegance in everyday objects and physical mechanisms, from crumpled paper to sandcastles. Hidden Wonders focuses on the objects that populate our everyday life—crumpled paper, woven fabric, a sand pile—but looks at them Read More …

Games for Your Mind: The History and Future of Logic Puzzles

Author: Jaso Rosenhouse Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691174075 Call No: 793.73 ROS Acc. No: 030533 Logic puzzles were first introduced to the public by Lewis Carroll in the late nineteenth century and have been popular ever since. Games like Sudoku and Mastermind are fun and engrossing recreational activities, but they also share deep Read More …