The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco

by Dennis Shasha

Overview

Dr. Ecco is a mathematical detective and puzzle solver. In this book readers are invited to join him in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics, including The Tower of Lego, the Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, Gossiping Defenders, Code Breaking, and many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486296159
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	07/21/1997
Series:	Dover Math Games & Puzzles
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
The Adventures
Introduction
Eccentrics
Minority Rules
The Tower of Lego
Odd Doors Problem
The Coach's Dilemma
Maximum Flow
Critical Paths
First Spies
Spies and Acquaintances
Spies and Double Agents
Rocket Assembly
Offshore Oil Well
Experts
The Campers' Problem
Pebbles and Persuasion
The Architect's Problem
Circuits Checking Circuits
Gossiping Defenders
Delicate Balances
"Polluters, Suitors, and Tigers"
Warehouses and Barrels
Party
Code Breaking
Code Invention
Spacecraft Malfunction
Escaped Tiger
Industrialists and Generals
Speculations
Railroad Blues
Flighty Ideas
The Rotary Problem
The Contract Problem
Command and Control
Wrong Number
Fakes
Fame
Knowledge Coordination I
Knowledge Coordination II
The Couriers Problem
Road Work
Country Roads
Subway Layout
Vanished
Puzzle-Mad Kidnapper
Mystery
Solutions to Puzzles