Fun with Maths and Physics : Brain Teasers Tricks Illusions

Cover......Page 1
About Perelman......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
By the Way......Page 37
For Young Physicists......Page 56
A Sheet of Newspaper......Page 90
Seventy-Five More Questions and Experiments on Physics......Page 104
Optical Illusions......Page 146
Brain-Twisting Arrangements and Permutations......Page 168
Skilful Cutting and Connecting......Page 182
Problems with Squares......Page 189
Problems on Manual Work......Page 192
Problems on Purchases and Prices......Page 196
Weight and Weighing......Page 202
Problems on Clocks and Watches......Page 208
Problems on Transport......Page 215
Surprising Calculations......Page 218
Predicaments......Page 224
Problems from Gulliver's Travels......Page 232
Stories about Giant Numbers......Page 240
Tricks with Numbers......Page 254
Merry Arithmetic......Page 276
Count......Page 288
Fast Reckoning......Page 292
Magic Squares......Page 300
Arithmetic Games and Tricks......Page 306
With a Stroke of the Pen......Page 336
Geometric Recreations......Page 342
Without a Tape-Measure......Page 358
Simple Tricks and Diversions......Page 363
Drawing Puzzles......Page 370
Back Cover......Page 380