naa a22 4500 510785387 CHVBK 20180411083300.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12045-013-0060-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12045-013-0060-0 Shylaja B. Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore, India aut The Ladies' Diary [Elektronische Daten] Puzzles and Riddles from the Era of Newton! [B. Shylaja] Solving mathematical puzzles has always been a fascination for curious minds. Some of the riddles from the 18th century are very challenging and can trigger the readers' curiosity even today. Published in a periodical titled Ladies' Diary, these puzzles reflect the astronomical and mathematical knowledge of the readers which included women. Debates on mathematical solutions offered by some famous personalities like Newton and Flamsteed are recorded. A selection of such puzzles is discussed here. Indian Academy of Sciences, 2013 18th century mathematical riddles nationallicence Ladies' Diary nationallicence puzzles on positional astronomy nationallicence Resonance Springer-Verlag 18/5(2013-05-01), 412-427 0971-8044 18:5<412 2013 18 12045 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-013-0060-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-013-0060-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Shylaja B. Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Resonance Springer-Verlag 18/5(2013-05-01), 412-427 0971-8044 18:5<412 2013 18 12045 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer