The Mathematics of Oz

Grab a pencil. Relax. Then take off on a mind-boggling journey to the ultimate frontier of math mind and meaning as acclaimed author Dr Clifford Pickover Dorothy and Dr Oz explore some of the oddest and quirkiest highways and byways of the numerically obsessed. Prepare yourself for a shattering odyssey as The Mathematics of Oz unlocks the doors of your imagination. The thought-provoking mysteries puzzles and problems range from zebra numbers and circular primes to Legion''s number - a number so big that it makes a trillion pale in comparison. The strange mazes bizarre consequences and dizzying arrays of logic problems will entertain people at all levels of mathematical sophistication. With numerous illustrations this is an original fun-filled and thoroughly unique introduction to numbers and their role in creativity computers games practical research and absurd adventures that teeter on the edge of logic and insanity. The Mathematics of Oz will have you squirming in frustration and begging for more.