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Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games
Volume: 82020
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, first published in 1979, contains columns published in the magazine from 1968–1971. This 1992 MAA edition contains a foreword by Donald Knuth and a postscript and extended bibliography added by Gardner for this edition.

This item is also available as part of a set:

• HOME
• Cover
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• Introduction
• Optical Illusions
• Matches
• Spheres and Hyperspheres
• Patterns of Induction
• Elegant Triangles
• Random Walks and Gambling
• Random Walks on the Plane and in Space
• Boolean Algebra
• Can Machines Think?
• Cyclic Numbers
• Eccentric Chess and Other Problems
• Dominoes
• Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers
• Simplicity
• 'The Rotating Round Table and Other Problems
• Solar System Oddities
• Mascheroni Constructions
• The Abacus
• Palindromes: Words and Numbers
• Dollar Bills
• Postscript
• Bibliography
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Volume: 82020
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, first published in 1979, contains columns published in the magazine from 1968–1971. This 1992 MAA edition contains a foreword by Donald Knuth and a postscript and extended bibliography added by Gardner for this edition.

This item is also available as part of a set:
• HOME
• Cover
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• Introduction
• Optical Illusions
• Matches
• Spheres and Hyperspheres
• Patterns of Induction
• Elegant Triangles
• Random Walks and Gambling
• Random Walks on the Plane and in Space
• Boolean Algebra
• Can Machines Think?
• Cyclic Numbers
• Eccentric Chess and Other Problems
• Dominoes
• Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers
• Simplicity
• 'The Rotating Round Table and Other Problems
• Solar System Oddities
• Mascheroni Constructions
• The Abacus
• Palindromes: Words and Numbers
• Dollar Bills
• Postscript
• Bibliography
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