Provides problem-solving techniques to help improve puzzle-solving skills.

Product Description: Genius mathematician, Dr. Dennis Shasha, here sets out his latest book-length mind-twister. Made up of many smaller segments, some of which can be solved by ten year-olds and some which are more challenging, the detective work requires no more than high school geometry and junior high school algebra...read more

A collection of thirty-six baffling cases allows the reader to join mathematical sleuth Dr. Ecco in solving these baffling cases, which are organized around eight major mathematical themes, with the help of one's mathematical and computer skills. Reprint. 13,000 first printing.

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Product Description: Database tuning is the activity of making a database application run more quickly. Tuning is difficult because it requires global knowledge of an information system, from the hardware to the operating system to the query language to the application...read more