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Author : James Alston Hope Hunter,Joseph S. Madachy
Publisher : New York : Dover Publications
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : UOM:39015055745676
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781470463526
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, originally published in 1959, contains the first sixteen columns published in the magazine from 1956-1958. They were reviewed and briefly updated by Gardner for this 1988 edition.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1413177832
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Games
ISBN : 0226282503
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Games
ISBN : UOM:39015017306757
Author : Brian Hayes
Publisher : Hill and Wang
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429938570
An Award-Winning Essayist Plies His Craft Brian Hayes is one of the most accomplished essayists active today—a claim supported not only by his prolific and continuing high-quality output but also by such honors as the National Magazine Award for his commemorative Y2K essay titled "Clock of Ages," published in the November/December 1999 issue of The Sciences magazine. (The also-rans that year included Tom Wolfe, Verlyn Klinkenborg, and Oliver Sacks.) Hayes's work in this genre has also appeared in such anthologies as The Best American Magazine Writing, The Best American Science and Nature Writing, and The Norton Reader. Here he offers us a selection of his most memorable and accessible pieces—including "Clock of Ages"—embellishing them with an overall, scene-setting preface, reconfigured illustrations, and a refreshingly self-critical "Afterthoughts" section appended to each essay.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781470463540
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 1966, contains columns originally published from 1959-1961. This is the 1995 MAA edition and contains an extensive postscript and bibliography from Gardner updating the columns.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781470463588
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 1977, contains columns published in the magazine from 1965-1968. This 1990 MAA edition contains a foreword by Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham and a postscript and extended bibliography added by Gardner for this edition.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781470463557
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 1969, contains columns published in the magazine from 1961-1963. This is the 1991 edition and it contains an afterword and extended bibliography added by Gardner at that time.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781470463564
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 1971 edition and contains columns published in the magazine from 1963-1965.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1986-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486252117
Playing with mathematical riddles can be an intriguing and fun-filled pastime — as popular science writer Martin Gardner proves in this entertaining collection. Puzzlists need only an elementary knowledge of math and a will to resist looking up the answer before trying to solve a problem. Written in a light and witty style, Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles is a mixture of old and new riddles, grouped into sections that cover a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles, and more. The probability section, for example, points out that everything we do, everything that happens around us, obeys the laws of probability; geometry puzzles test our ability to think pictorially and often, in more than one dimension; while topology, among the "youngest and rowdiest branches of modern geometry," offers a glimpse into a strange dimension where properties remain unchanged, no matter how a figure is twisted, stretched, or compressed. Clear and concise comments at the beginning of each section explain the nature and importance of the math needed to solve each puzzle. A carefully explained solution follows each problem. In many cases, all that is needed to solve a puzzle is the ability to think logically and clearly, to be "on the alert for surprising, off-beat angles...that strange hidden factor that everyone else had overlooked." Fully illustrated, this engaging collection will appeal to parents and children, amateur mathematicians, scientists, and students alike, and may, as the author writes, make the reader "want to study the subject in earnest" and explains "some of the inviting paths that wind away from the problems into lusher areas of the mathematical jungle." 65 black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Mathematical recreations
ISBN : 014021996X
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : PSU:000066087175
The first of fifteen updated editions of the collected Mathematical Games of Martin Gardner, king of recreational mathematics.
Author : William Frucht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022150739
"Enter the wildly inventive world of Imaginary Numbers, in which a marvelous roster of acclaimed writers conjure up magical happenings, fantastic visions, and brainteasing puzzles, all based in some way on mathematical ideas. This anthology offers a connoisseur's selection of a special brand of creative writing in which the authors play with a vast array of mathematical notions - from the marvels of infinity to the peculiarities of space-time to quantum weirdness, the relativity of time, and the curious attraction of black holes." --Book Jacket.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Mathematical recreations
ISBN : UVA:X000077126
Brain-teasing mathematical puzzles accompanied by lucid explanations of the basic principles behind the solutions.