"Did you know that games and puzzles have given birth to some of today's deepest mathematical subjects? Now, with Douglas Ensley and Winston Crawley's Discrete Mathematics, you can explore mathematical writing, abstract structures, counting, discrete probability, and graph theory, through games, puzzles, patterns, magic tricks, and real-world problems. You will discover how new mathematical topics can be applied to everyday situations, learn how to work with proofs, and develop your problem-solving skills along the way."--BOOK JACKET.