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The Second $\textit{Scientific}$ $\textit{American}$ Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions

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Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4704-6353-3
Product Code: GARDNER/2.E
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Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games
Volume: 22020
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 volume, originally published in 1961, contains columns published in the magazine from 1958–1960. This is the 1987 edition of the collection and contains an afterword written by Gardner at that time.

This item is also available as part of a set:

• HOME
• Cover
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• The Five Platonic Solids
• Tetraflexagons
• Henry Ernest Dudeney: England's Greatest Puzzlist
• Digital Roots
• Nine Problems
• The Soma Cube
• Recreational Topology
• Phi: The Golden Ratio
• The Monkey and the Coconuts
• Mazes
• Recreational Logic
• Magic Squares
• James Hugh Riley Shows, Inc.
• Nine More Problems
• Eleusis: The Induction Game
• Origami
• Squaring the Square
• Mechanical Puzzles
• Probability and Ambiguity
• The Mysterious Dr. Matrix
• Postscript
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Volume: 22020
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 volume, originally published in 1961, contains columns published in the magazine from 1958–1960. This is the 1987 edition of the collection and contains an afterword written by Gardner at that time.

This item is also available as part of a set:
• HOME
• Cover
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• The Five Platonic Solids
• Tetraflexagons
• Henry Ernest Dudeney: England's Greatest Puzzlist
• Digital Roots
• Nine Problems
• The Soma Cube
• Recreational Topology
• Phi: The Golden Ratio
• The Monkey and the Coconuts
• Mazes
• Recreational Logic
• Magic Squares
• James Hugh Riley Shows, Inc.
• Nine More Problems
• Eleusis: The Induction Game
• Origami
• Squaring the Square
• Mechanical Puzzles
• Probability and Ambiguity
• The Mysterious Dr. Matrix