A Tangled Tale

<p>In the late 19th century, <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/lewis-carroll">Lewis Carroll</a>—better known these days as the author of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/lewis-carroll/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/john-tenniel"><i>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland</i></a>—was also an established mathematician who had published many books and papers in the fields of algebra and logic. His mathematical interest extended to the setting of puzzles for popular consumption. The stories collected here cover varied subjects including the cataloguing of paintings, the number of…