More Puzzles and Paradoxes for the Curious Minds
Wed., Oct. 21-Nov. 4, 2-4 p.m.
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Location: In person: Arcata
Cost: $65
With Stuart Moskowitz, Metagrobologist
Whether you took the puzzle class last spring or not, this course is for you. This course is a continuation of the puzzle class from last spring. No jigsaw puzzles! We’ll explore mechanical puzzles that must be put together, puzzles to take apart, puzzles with a sequence of sequential movements, puzzles that require physical dexterity, puzzles that require logical thinking, puzzles that defy logic, and more.
Like last spring, we’ll spend one day focusing on a history of puzzles, one day making puzzles, and our last day will be a puzzle party. But this is not a repeat of last spring. It’ll be all new puzzles. First timers and repeaters are all welcome!
Register by 12 p.m., October 18.
Stuart Moskowitz
Stuart Moskowitz retired from the Humboldt State University math department in 2018 after teaching 23 years.
He primarily taught the course Math for Teachers, but his favorite was History and Culture of Mathematics. In both of these courses he frequently used puzzles, because many puzzles can be solved with math while other puzzles can be used to explain math. Additionally, he has studied the history of puzzles, with an emphasis on puzzles created and studied by Lewis Carroll.
Off campus, he taught workshops for teachers, with topics split between puzzles in the classroom and appropriate uses of calculators in the classroom.
Now retired, when not gardening or bringing puzzles to his grandchildren (and their parents), he's solving puzzles, adding to his puzzle collection, and traveling to puzzle parties. So he's a metagrobologist -- metagrobology is the pursuit and study of puzzles.