Les mathématiciens se plient au jeu

Synopsis of Les mathématiciens se plient au jeu

«Les mathématiciens se plient au jeu», by Jean-Paul Delahaye, is the popular mathematics book published by Belin in paperback (184 pages, in French).

The work brings together twenty articles from the «Logique et calcul» section of Pour la Science magazine that explore the playful side of mathematics: from strategy in poker and card shuffling to the possibility of beating a computer at draughts or chess, as well as constructing cube roots with origami folding.

This work was published in 2017 in the «Bibliothèque scientifique» collection by Belin and has the subtitle «Du poker à l'origami, 20 enquêtes ludiques».

Aimed at fans of games and popular mathematics who prefer an accessible, jargon-free approach.