Martin Gardner

Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi

Martin Gardner's First Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book of the updated collection of Mathematical Games from Martin Gardner, the king of recreational mathematics. As well as the classic puzzles, in this 2008 edition Gardner added lots of new material (game variations, proofs and more). If you like Martin Gardner, you'll love these books.

Produktdetails

• The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780521735254
• ISBN-10: 0521735254
• Artikelnr.: 23882674

Autorenporträt

For 25 of his 90 years, Martin Gardner wrote 'Mathematical Games and Recreations', a monthly column for Scientific American magazine. These columns have inspired hundreds of thousands of readers to delve more deeply into the large world of mathematics. He has also made significant contributions to magic, philosophy, debunking pseudoscience, and children's literature. He has produced more than 60 books, including many best sellers, most of which are still in print. His Annotated Alice has sold more than a million copies. He continues to write a regular column for the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Hexaflexagons
2. Magic with a matrix
3. Nine problems
4. Ticktacktoe
5. Probability paradoxes
6. The icosian game and the Tower of Hanoi
7. Curious topological models
8. The game of hex
9. Sam Loyd: America's greatest puzzlist
10. Mathematical card tricks
11. Memorizing numbers
12. Nine more problems
13. Polyominoes
14. Fallacies
15. Nim and tac tix
16. Left or right.