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The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco by Dennis Shasha
Dr. Ecco is a mathematical detective and puzzle solver. In this book readers are invited to join him in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics, including The Tower of Lego, the Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, Gossiping Defenders, Code Breaking, and many more.
Table of Contents for The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco
| Acknowledgments | | Preface | | The Adventures | | Introduction | | Eccentrics | | Minority Rules | | The Tower of Lego | | Odd Doors Problem | | The Coach's Dilemma | | Maximum Flow | | Critical Paths | | First Spies | | Spies and Acquaintances | | Spies and Double Agents | | Rocket Assembly | | Offshore Oil Well | | Experts | | The Campers' Problem | | Pebbles and Persuasion | | The Architect's Problem | | Circuits Checking Circuits | | Gossiping Defenders | | Delicate Balances | | "Polluters, Suitors, and Tigers" | | Warehouses and Barrels | | Party | | Code Breaking | | Code Invention | | Spacecraft Malfunction | | Escaped Tiger | | Industrialists and Generals | | Speculations | | Railroad Blues | | Flighty Ideas | | The Rotary Problem | | The Contract Problem | | Command and Control | | Wrong Number | | Fakes | | Fame | | Knowledge Coordination I | | Knowledge Coordination II | | The Couriers Problem | | Road Work | | Country Roads | | Subway Layout | | Vanished | | Puzzle-Mad Kidnapper | | Mystery | | Solutions to Puzzles |
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