Mathematical Games with Silly Drawings: 75 ¼ Simple but Clever Games to Play Anywhere

This book is meant to be played. A person playing with mathematics is like a bird enjoying the pleasure of flight. The ability for mathematical thinking is a gift bestowed only upon humans. Do not leave this gift of evolution unopened. Take it out. Play with it. You will find in this book a selection of timeless games that require logic, strategic and spatial thinking. They are divided into five categories: “Geometric Games,” “Number Games,” “Combinatorial Games,” “Risk Games,” and “Information Games.” The author discusses the origin of each game, shows how it reveals human abilities, describes similar and related games, and invites the reader to try and explore them.