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The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems
Martin Gardner
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Description for The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems
Hardcover. Finally collected in one volume, Martin Gardner's immensely popular short puzzles; along with a few new ones from the master. Editor(s): Richards, Dana. Num Pages: 512 pages, 308 illustrations. BIC Classification: WDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 980.
For more than twenty-five years, Martin Gardner was Scientific American's renowned provocateur of popular math. His yearly gatherings of short and inventive problems were easily his most anticipated math columns. Loyal readers would savor the wit and elegance of his explorations in physics, probability, topology, and chess, among others. Grouped by subject and arrayed from easiest to hardest, the puzzles gathered here, which complement the lengthier, more involved problems in The Colossal Book of Mathematics, have been selected by Gardner for their illuminating; and often bewildering; solutions. Filled with over 300 illustrations, this new volume even contains nine new mathematical ... Read more
For more than twenty-five years, Martin Gardner was Scientific American's renowned provocateur of popular math. His yearly gatherings of short and inventive problems were easily his most anticipated math columns. Loyal readers would savor the wit and elegance of his explorations in physics, probability, topology, and chess, among others. Grouped by subject and arrayed from easiest to hardest, the puzzles gathered here, which complement the lengthier, more involved problems in The Colossal Book of Mathematics, have been selected by Gardner for their illuminating; and often bewildering; solutions. Filled with over 300 illustrations, this new volume even contains nine new mathematical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393061147
SKU
V9780393061147
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Ref
99-18
About Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner (1914-2010) is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on Lewis Carroll and his work. The author of more than a hundred books, he wrote the "Mathematical Games" column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and has been hailed by Douglas Hofstadter as "one of the great intellects produced in this country in this century."
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