TY - BOOK AU - Stewart,Ian TI - How to cut a cake: and other mathematical conundrums SN - 0199205906 (pbk.) U1 - 510 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Mathematics KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Activity programs KW - Mathematical recreations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index; Preface. - Figure Acknowledgements. - 1. Your Half's Bigger than My Half!. - 2. Repealing the Law of Averages. - 3. Arithmetic and Old Lace. - 4. Paradox Lost. - 5. Tight Tins for Round Sardines. - 6. The Never-Ending Chess Game. - 7. Quods and Quazars. - 8. Zero Knowledge Protocols. - 9. Empires on the Moon. - 10. Empires and Electronics. - 11. Resurrection Shuffle. - 12. Double Bubble, Toil and Trouble. - 13. Crossed Lines in the Brick Factory. - 14. Division without Env. - 15. Furiously Flashing Fireflies. 16. Why Phone Cords Get Tangled. - 17. Sierpinski's Ubiquitous Gasket. - 18. Defend the Roman Empire! 68. - 19. Triangulation Takeaway. - 20. Easter Is a Quasicrystal . - Further Reading. - Index ER -