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Mathematical Puzzle Tales

Name: Mathematical Puzzle Tales
Author: Martin Gardner
ISBN: 9780883855331

by Martin Gardner

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Overview

Originally published as Science Fiction Puzzle Tales

Martin Gardner published his first book in 1935. Since then he has published more than 60 books, most of them about mathematics and sciences, but also philosophy and literature. He has charmed readers of all ages with his mathematical insights and sense of fun.

The MAA is proud to reissue this collection of 36 stories taken from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Brilliant, amusing, these brainteasers will help you sharpen your wits and prepare for takeoff into uncharted universes of the future. The challenging problems presented here are based on geometry, logarithms, topology, probability, weird number sequences, logic, and virtually every other aspect of mathematics as well as wordplay.

Synopsis

36 of Martin Gardner's most cunning brainteasers, suitable for all mathematical problem solvers.

The Mathematical Gazette

"Those new to this field of recreational problems will find much here to amuse and interest them, and if their appetite is sufficiently whtted they will find very useful a bibliography of 35 relevant items. It is certainly worthy of a place on the shelves of the school library."

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Editorials

The Mathematical Gazette

Zentralblatt fur Mathematik

"As is often the case with his books, Martin Gardner generates delightful trains of thought. A solution to a riddle appears in "First Answers," where it generates new questions, which in turn are solved in "Second Answers," where they give birth to a new generation of questions answered in the "Third Answers." In this new edition Martin added a three-page postscript that summarizes new information related to some of the riddles….The book is well written. Every curious person would enjoy reading these essays and pondering on problems they raise, for whatever interests Gardner, he makes interesting for everyone! Thus, the book would be a worthy educational entertainment for the broadest audience of those who enjoy engaging in gymnastics of brain, which keeps the latter flexible."

Booknews

Gardner, author of the Mathematical Games column for for 25 years, wrote the 36 stories collected here for . Most of them are about math or science, but they also delve whimsically into philosophy and literature. The story-puzzles are based on geometry, logarithms, topology, probability, weird number sequences, logic, and virtually every other aspect of math. The collection was originally published in 1981 as . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)