Math Logic: Alice in Wonderland
`All right,' said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
Image: Disney 1951
`Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice; `but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I ever say in my life!'
When I was 8 years old, my aunt Amy and uncle Tommy used to have me come for long visits with them in the Catskill mountains of New York. One evening uncle Tommy pulled a small book from his wooden bookcase, Alice in Wonderland, and put it into my hands. I was entralled as I thumbed through the pages amazed and giggled at the funny black and white lined artwork. The image that made the greatest impression on me, was the one where the Cheshire cat's body is all but disappeared saved for its smile. A fascination for the story of Alice was born and hasn't left me since! NatureGlo
Born on January 27th 1832, Lewis Carroll is most famous for writing Alice in Wonderland, the popular children's classic. However, few know that Lewis Carroll was also a brilliant Mathematician and won the Christ Church Mathematical Lectureship award, which he held for 26 years. There's a great deal of mathematical logic in the writing of his most famous works, Alice in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass. Go on a research adventure and find the math logic in his works using some of the links below, plus any new online resources your find.
Born on January 27th 1832, Lewis Carroll is most famous for writing Alice in Wonderland, the popular children's classic. However, few know that Lewis Carroll was also a brilliant Mathematician and won the Christ Church Mathematical Lectureship award, which he held for 26 years. There's a great deal of mathematical logic in the writing of his most famous works, Alice in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass. Go on a research adventure and find the math logic in his works using some of the links below, plus any new online resources your find.