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A Tangled Tale

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Lewis Carroll is best known for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. It is less widely known that he worked as a lecturer for mathematics at Christ Church college, Oxford for 27 years. 'A tangled tale' merges his two talents as storyteller and mathematician. It consists of 10 short humorous stories which present one or more mathematical problems. The 10 'knots' as they are called, were first published in 'The Monthly Packet' magazine between April 1880 and March 1885, where readers were invited to solve the problems, and the solution was discussed in a later issue. (Summary by Availle) (3 hr 18 min)

Chapters

Preface. Knot I Excelsior

4:31

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Knot II Eligible Apartments

9:19

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Knot III Mad Mathesis

6:59

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Knot IV The Dead Reckoning

8:29

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Knot V Oughts and Crosses

7:57

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Knot VI Her Radiancy

9:30

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Knot VII Petty Cash

8:23

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Knot VIII De Omnibus Rebus

5:53

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Knot IX A Serpent with Corners

8:47

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Knot X Chelsea Buns

12:24

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Answers to Knot I

11:05

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Answers to Knot II

9:32

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Answers to Knot III

9:48

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Answers to Knot IV

7:44

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Answers to Knot V

6:03

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Answers to Knot VI

9:30

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Answers to Knot VII

31:12

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Answers to Knot VIII

4:17

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Answers to Knot IX

9:42

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Answers to Knot X

17:28

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Bewertungen

It's great to get an oppurtunity to listen, to a fantastic read

(5 Sterne)

May not be important, if you don't care for mathematics, but fantastic if you love it.

LIFE OF THE YOLO

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This us all about the YOLO not a kids book

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Beautifully read unusual yet interesting stories from the great LC

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Nicely read, but very boring content.