The cover page is adapted from The Tribuna of the Uffizi, a painting completed in 1777 by Johan Zoffany. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Zoffanywww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
A Tangled Tale
Chapters (13)
- Epigraph 0:00
- To My Pupil 0:05
- Preface 0:32
- Knot I: Excelsior 1:09
- Knot II: Eligible Apartments 4:12
- Knot III: Mad Mathesis 13:26
- Knot IV: The Dead Reckoning 20:15
- Knot V: Oughts and Crosses 28:41
- Knot VI: Her Radiancy 36:31
- Knot VII: Petty Cash 46:21
- Knot VIII: De Omnibus Rebus 55:19
- Knot IX: A Serpent with Corners 1:01:31
- Knot X: Chelsea Buns 1:09:52
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In the late 19th century, Lewis Carroll—better known these days as the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland—was also an established mathematician who had published many books and papers in the fields of algebra and logic. His mathematical interest extended to the setting of puzzles for popular consumption. The stories collected here cover varied subjects including the cataloguing of paintings, the number of times trains will pass each other on a circular track, the most efficient way to rent individual rooms on a square, and many more. They were published originally in The Monthly Packet magazine and then collected with some additional commentary into a book originally published in 1885. Included along with the stories is a full appendix with Carroll’s answers, and his often acerbic commentary on the answers submitted to him at the time.