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The Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications

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Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4704-6368-7
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Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games
Volume: 152020
MSC: Primary 00;

Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one–before Gardner–had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel.

This is the original 1997 edition and contains columns published from 1980–1986.

This item is also available as part of a set:

• HOME
• Cover
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• The Wonders of a Planiverse
• Bulgarian Solitaire and Other Seemingly Endless Tasks
• Fun with Eggs, Part I
• Fun with Eggs, Part I1
• The Topology of Knots
• M-Pire Maps
• Directed Graphs and Cannibals
• Dinner Guests, Schoolgirls, and Handcuffed Prisoners
• The Monster and Other Sporadic Groups
• Taxicab Geometry
• The Power of the Pigeonhole
• Strong Laws of Small Primes
• Checker Recreations, Part I
• Checker Recreations, Part I1
• Modulo Arithmetic and Hummer's Wicked Witch
• Lavinia Seeks a Room and Other Problems
• The Symmetry Creations of Scott Kim
• Parabolas
• Non-Euclidean Geometry
• Voting Mathematics
• A Toroidal Paradox and Other Problems
• Minimal Steiner Trees
• Trivalent Graphs, Snarks, and Boojums
• Index
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Volume: 152020
MSC: Primary 00;

Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one–before Gardner–had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel.

This is the original 1997 edition and contains columns published from 1980–1986.

This item is also available as part of a set:
• HOME
• Cover
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• The Wonders of a Planiverse
• Bulgarian Solitaire and Other Seemingly Endless Tasks
• Fun with Eggs, Part I
• Fun with Eggs, Part I1
• The Topology of Knots
• M-Pire Maps
• Directed Graphs and Cannibals
• Dinner Guests, Schoolgirls, and Handcuffed Prisoners
• The Monster and Other Sporadic Groups
• Taxicab Geometry
• The Power of the Pigeonhole
• Strong Laws of Small Primes
• Checker Recreations, Part I
• Checker Recreations, Part I1
• Modulo Arithmetic and Hummer's Wicked Witch
• Lavinia Seeks a Room and Other Problems
• The Symmetry Creations of Scott Kim
• Parabolas
• Non-Euclidean Geometry
• Voting Mathematics
• A Toroidal Paradox and Other Problems
• Minimal Steiner Trees
• Trivalent Graphs, Snarks, and Boojums
• Index
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