: Covers the five regular solids and the sphere circumscribing a tetrahedron.
: While the problems are deep, they are framed so they don't strictly require calculus, though they remain "very challenging" for many undergraduate students. 100 great problems of elementary mathematics: t...
: Explores practical history such as the Kepler Equation , the Mercator Projection , and determining a ship's position at sea. : Covers the five regular solids and the
For those looking to dive into the text, digital versions are available via the Internet Archive or as a Dover Publications edition on Amazon . For those looking to dive into the text,
: Features the Trisection of an Angle , the tangency problem of Apollonius, and Archimedes' determination of Pi ( ) .
The classic book by Heinrich Dörrie is a celebrated collection of historical mathematical puzzles that bridge the gap between simple school arithmetic and complex university theory. Originally published in German as Triumph der Mathematik , this work provides complete proofs and historical context for problems that challenged legends like Archimedes, Newton, and Euler. Core Categories and Famous Problems
: Includes Archimedes' Problema Bovinum (Cattle Problem) and Bachet de Méziriac’s weight problem.