Wolf, Goat and Cabbage Problem

An illustrated cover is on Introduction to The Design and Analysis of Algorithms 2nd ed (2007) by Anany Levitin [1].

In the beginning of the Preface, we find the following:

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The most valuable acquisitions in a scientific or technical education are the general-purpose mental tools which remain serviceable for a life-time.

-- George Forsythe, "What to do till the computer scientist comes," 1968

[1] https://archive.org/details/introductiontode0000levi