Math detectives George Frankly and Pat Tuesday take a wrong turn going to a mystery weekend and come to a manor where they need their math skills to solve a real mystery
The Mathnet sleuths figure out how to divide a thief from his loot--the famous Despair Diamond--which he deposits in the sea for safe keeping, in a book based on a script from the television series.
Describes engineering disasters, such as the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the space shuttle Challenger, and Three Mile Island, and explains what was learned from each incident