Lewis Carroll in Numberland: His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life
A penetrating work that explores the amazing imagination and mathematical genius of the man who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Just when we thought we knew everything about Lewis Carroll, here comes a highly original biography that will appeal to Alice fans everywhere. Fascinated by the inner life of Charles Lutwidge Dodson, Robin Wilson, a Carroll scholar and a noted mathematics professor, has produced this revelatory book
The "Alice" book is oneof the most translated, most quoted, and best-known book in the world. Alice's encounters with the White Rabbit, the Cheshire-Cat, the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, and many other extraordinary characters have made them beloved by children. Yet they also appeal to adults fascinated by the many layers of satire, allusion, and symbolism about Victorian culture and politics.
The poem "The Hunting Of The Snark: An Agony In Eight Fits" by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). BBC Radio Broadcast: Monday 4th May 1992 "The Hunting of the Snark" is a fantasy that sails along on magical language, surreal images, and an undercurrent of sly humour. With Alan Bennett [The Narrator], Paul Daneman [The Bellman], David Collings [The Baker], David King [The Butcher], and Peter Pendry-Jones [The Snark]. Music composed by Stephen Fowl, Directed by Rosemary Hart
Through the Looking-Glass marvellously read by Cora McDonald. Alice ponders what the world is like on the other side of a mirror, and to her surprise, is able to pass through to experience the alternate world.
The Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays
This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative.
