A Tangled Tale
Lewis Carroll
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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 | Read by Availle |
Knot II Eligible Apartments | 9:19 | Read by Availle |
Knot III Mad Mathesis | 6:59 | Read by Availle |
Knot IV The Dead Reckoning | 8:29 | Read by Availle |
Knot V Oughts and Crosses | 7:57 | Read by Availle |
Knot VI Her Radiancy | 9:30 | Read by Availle |
Knot VII Petty Cash | 8:23 | Read by Availle |
Knot VIII De Omnibus Rebus | 5:53 | Read by Availle |
Knot IX A Serpent with Corners | 8:47 | Read by Availle |
Knot X Chelsea Buns | 12:24 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot I | 11:05 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot II | 9:32 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot III | 9:48 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot IV | 7:44 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot V | 6:03 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot VI | 9:30 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot VII | 31:12 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot VIII | 4:17 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot IX | 9:42 | Read by Availle |
Answers to Knot X | 17:28 | Read by Availle |
Reviews
It's great to get an oppurtunity to listen, to a fantastic read
Yuliya Skripchenko
May not be important, if you don't care for mathematics, but fantastic if you love it.
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NASA
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A LibriVox Listener
Beautifully read unusual yet interesting stories from the great LC
A LibriVox Listener
Nicely read, but very boring content.