Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780393020236
No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium of classic puzzles, paradoxes, and puzzles from America's best-loved mathematical expert. 320 line drawings.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 39,72 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780393061147
The renowned provocateur of popular math presents a collection of his widely recognized short puzzles--along with a few new ones--that explore chess, physics, probability, and topology, among other topics.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 28,61 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1470463628
Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This is the original 1983 edition and contains columns published from 1970-1972. It includes three columns on the game of Life.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Puzzlewright
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 37,76 MB
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Games
ISBN : 9781402765032
A true pioneer in the field of recreational mathematics, Martin Gardner has been wrangling words for decades, and his latest opus is nothing short of extraordinary. From amazing anagrams and silly spoonerisms to alphamagic squares and cryptarithms, this mind-bending compendium is chock-full of whimsical forms of wordplay that are sure to have sesquipedalian scholars and limber-minded logophiles racking their brains in delight.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486801179
Famed puzzle expert explains math behind a multitude of mystifying tricks: card tricks, stage "mind reading," coin and match tricks, counting out games, geometric dissections, etc. More than 400 tricks. 135 illustrations.
Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 2010-09-03
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1847651283
School maths is not the interesting part. The real fun is elsewhere. Like a magpie, Ian Stewart has collected the most enlightening, entertaining and vexing 'curiosities' of maths over the years... Now, the private collection is displayed in his cabinet. There are some hidden gems of logic, geometry and probability -- like how to extract a cherry from a cocktail glass (harder than you think), a pop up dodecahedron, the real reason why you can't divide anything by zero and some tips for making money by proving the obvious. Scattered among these are keys to unlocking the mysteries of Fermat's last theorem, the Poincaré Conjecture, chaos theory, and the P/NP problem for which a million dollar prize is on offer. There are beguiling secrets about familiar names like Pythagoras or prime numbers, as well as anecdotes about great mathematicians. Pull out the drawers of the Professor's cabinet and who knows what could happen...
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1470463571
Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This volume, first published in 1975, contains columns published in the magazine from 1965-1967. This 1989 MAA edition contains a foreword by John H. Conway and a postscript and extended bibliography added by Gardner for this edition.
Author : Eugene P Northrop
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,10 MB
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486780163
"Math enthusiasts of all ages will delight in this collection of more than 200 riddles drawn from every mathematical discipline. Only an elementary background is needed to enjoy and solve the tremendous variety of puzzles, which include riddles based on geometry, trigonometry, algebra, infinity, probability, and logic. Includes complete solutions and 113 illustrations"--
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,20 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Games
ISBN :
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : MAA Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 14,87 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN :
"Solving these riddles is not simply a matter of logic and calculation, though these play a role. Luck and inspiration are factors as well, so beginners and experts alike may profitably exercise their wits on Gardner's problems, whose subjects range from geometry to word play to questions relating to physics and geology. We guarantee that you will solve some of these riddles, be stumped by others, and be amused by almost all of the stories and settings that Gardner has devised to raise these questions." --Back cover.
