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Seasoned with Gardner's interest in the history and philosophy of science, this delightful book is a treasure-trove of puzzles, anecdotes, games, and logical theory. These intriguing problems, collected from Gardner's Scientific American columns, involve knots, interlocking rings, rotations and reflections, logical paradox, two-dimensional universes, chess strategies, and gambling odds.
"Gardner conjures problems that are both profound and silly; exquisite truths and outrageous absurdities; paradoxes, anagrams, palindromes and party tricks. . . . He knows, better than most, how many amazing true things there are in the world."—Newsweek
"Gardner conjures problems that are both profound and silly; exquisite truths and outrageous absurdities; paradoxes, anagrams, palindromes and party tricks. . . . He knows, better than most, how many amazing true things there are in the world."—Newsweek
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Martin Gardner is an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, pseudoscience, literature (especially the writings of Lewis Carroll), philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion. He wrote the 'Mathematical Games' column in Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, and he has published over 70 books.
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- PublisherHoliday House
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 067121425X
- ISBN 13 9780671214258
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade paperback edition, published by Simon & Schuster, 1969. A collection of Gardner's 'Mathematical Game's columns from Scientific American magazine. This is the fifth collection in the series. Included are the Paradox of the Unexpected Hanging, The Transcendental Number e, and puzzles on chess, string, tiles, matches, geometry and lots more! 255 pages with Bibliography, 5-1/4" X 8-1/2". This is a third printing copy. This is a remainder copy with a single black swipe mark to the bottom edge of the text block near the spine. No former ownership marks, and most important for a puzzle book - no writing on the text pages! Edges of the text block are clean, besides that remainder mark. Binding is tight. There is a crease mark to the top left corner of the back cover, a diagonal crease at the top left corner. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory. Seller Inventory # 22-05304
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