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Mathematical Puzzle Tales
 
Martin Gardner
Mathematical Puzzle Tales
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-5178-3
Product Code:  SPEC/97
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eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-5179-0
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Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-5178-3
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Mathematical Puzzle Tales
Martin Gardner
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-5178-3
Product Code:  SPEC/97
List Price: $35.00
MAA Member Price: $26.25
AMS Member Price: $26.25
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-5179-0
Product Code:  SPEC/97.E
List Price: $30.00
MAA Member Price: $22.50
AMS Member Price: $22.50
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-5178-3
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-5179-0
Product Code:  SPEC/97.B
List Price: $65.00 $50.00
MAA Member Price: $48.75 $37.50
AMS Member Price: $48.75 $37.50
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  • Book Details
     
     
    Spectrum
    Volume: 97; 2000; 151 pp

    Martin Gardner is widely known for his writing on recreational mathematics, not least for the myriad problems he has devised over some 25 years for Scientific American. In this book are 36 of his best brainteasers. These are not simply cunning puzzles, but serve to illustrate the art of the mathematician as problem solver, and their solution draws on ideas from topology, probability, number theory, logic and beyond. Fully worked answers are given, which, in turn, lead to additional problems for the reader. For anybody who likes to solve mathematical problems, this book will be both entertaining and a challenge.
  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Chapters
    • PUZZLES
    • 1. LOST ON CAPRA
    • 2. THE DOCTORS’ DILEMMA
    • 3. SPACE POOL
    • 4. MACHISMO ON BYRONIA
    • 5. THE DEFECTIVE DOYLES
    • 6. THE THIRD DR. MOREAU
    • 7. THE VOYAGE OF THE BAGEL
    • 8. THE GREAT RING OF NEPTUNE
    • 9. THE TOROIDS OF DR. KLONEFAKE
    • 10. THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF PHILO TATE
    • 11. CAPTAIN TITTLEBAUM’S TEST
    • 12. EXPLORING CARTER’S CRATER
    • 13. PINK, BLUE, AND GREEN
    • 14. THE THREE ROBOTS OF PROFESSOR TINKER
    • 15. HOW BAGSON BAGGED A BOARD GAME
    • 16. THE SHOP ON BEDFORD STREET
    • 17. TANYA TACKLES TOPOLOGY
    • 18. THE EXPLOSION OF BLABBAGE’S ORACLE
    • 19. DRACULA MAKES A MARTINI
    • 20. THE ERASING OF PHILBERT THE FUDGER
    • 21. OULIPO WORDPLAY
    • 22. HOW CROCK AND WITSON CRACKED A CODE
    • 23. TITAN’S TITANIC SYMBOL
    • 24. PROFESSOR CRACKER’S ANTITELEPHONE
    • 25. VACATION ON THE MOON
    • 26. WEIRD NUMBERS FROM TITAN
    • 27. LUCIFER AT LAS VEGAS
    • 28. OFF WE’RE GOING TO SHUTTLE
    • 29. THE BACKWARD BANANA
    • 30. THE QUEER STORY OF GARDNER’S MAGAZINE
    • 31. BLABBAGE’S DECISION PARADOX
    • 32. NO VACANCY AT ALEPH-NULL INN
    • 33. TUBE THROUGH THE EARTH
    • 34. ROBOTS OF OZ
    • 35. THE DANCE OF THE JOLLY GREEN DIGITS
    • 36. THE BAGEL HEADS HOME
    • ANSWERS
    • FIRST ANSWERS
    • SECOND ANSWERS
    • THIRD ANSWERS
  • Additional Material
     
     
  • Requests
     
     
    Review Copy – for publishers of book reviews
    Accessibility – to request an alternate format of an AMS title
Spectrum
Volume: 97; 2000; 151 pp

Martin Gardner is widely known for his writing on recreational mathematics, not least for the myriad problems he has devised over some 25 years for Scientific American. In this book are 36 of his best brainteasers. These are not simply cunning puzzles, but serve to illustrate the art of the mathematician as problem solver, and their solution draws on ideas from topology, probability, number theory, logic and beyond. Fully worked answers are given, which, in turn, lead to additional problems for the reader. For anybody who likes to solve mathematical problems, this book will be both entertaining and a challenge.
  • Chapters
  • PUZZLES
  • 1. LOST ON CAPRA
  • 2. THE DOCTORS’ DILEMMA
  • 3. SPACE POOL
  • 4. MACHISMO ON BYRONIA
  • 5. THE DEFECTIVE DOYLES
  • 6. THE THIRD DR. MOREAU
  • 7. THE VOYAGE OF THE BAGEL
  • 8. THE GREAT RING OF NEPTUNE
  • 9. THE TOROIDS OF DR. KLONEFAKE
  • 10. THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF PHILO TATE
  • 11. CAPTAIN TITTLEBAUM’S TEST
  • 12. EXPLORING CARTER’S CRATER
  • 13. PINK, BLUE, AND GREEN
  • 14. THE THREE ROBOTS OF PROFESSOR TINKER
  • 15. HOW BAGSON BAGGED A BOARD GAME
  • 16. THE SHOP ON BEDFORD STREET
  • 17. TANYA TACKLES TOPOLOGY
  • 18. THE EXPLOSION OF BLABBAGE’S ORACLE
  • 19. DRACULA MAKES A MARTINI
  • 20. THE ERASING OF PHILBERT THE FUDGER
  • 21. OULIPO WORDPLAY
  • 22. HOW CROCK AND WITSON CRACKED A CODE
  • 23. TITAN’S TITANIC SYMBOL
  • 24. PROFESSOR CRACKER’S ANTITELEPHONE
  • 25. VACATION ON THE MOON
  • 26. WEIRD NUMBERS FROM TITAN
  • 27. LUCIFER AT LAS VEGAS
  • 28. OFF WE’RE GOING TO SHUTTLE
  • 29. THE BACKWARD BANANA
  • 30. THE QUEER STORY OF GARDNER’S MAGAZINE
  • 31. BLABBAGE’S DECISION PARADOX
  • 32. NO VACANCY AT ALEPH-NULL INN
  • 33. TUBE THROUGH THE EARTH
  • 34. ROBOTS OF OZ
  • 35. THE DANCE OF THE JOLLY GREEN DIGITS
  • 36. THE BAGEL HEADS HOME
  • ANSWERS
  • FIRST ANSWERS
  • SECOND ANSWERS
  • THIRD ANSWERS
Review Copy – for publishers of book reviews
Accessibility – to request an alternate format of an AMS title
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