New Mathematical Diversions
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Author | : Martin Gardner |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1470463547 |
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 1966, contains columns originally published from 1959-1961. This is the 1995 MAA edition and contains an extensive postscript and bibliography from Gardner updating the columns.
Author | : Martin Gardner |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1969 |
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Author | : Martin Gardner |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2020-10-05 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1470463520 |
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 1959, contains the first sixteen columns published in the magazine from 1956-1958. They were reviewed and briefly updated by Gardner for this 1988 edition.
Author | : Martin Gardner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Mathematical recreations |
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Brain-teasing mathematical puzzles accompanied by lucid explanations of the basic principles behind the solutions.
Author | : James Alston Hope Hunter |
Publisher | : Princeton, N.J. ; Toronto : D. Van Nostrand Company |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Mathematical recreations |
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Author | : Martin Gardner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Games |
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Author | : Brian Hayes |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2008-04-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1429938579 |
An Award-Winning Essayist Plies His Craft Brian Hayes is one of the most accomplished essayists active today—a claim supported not only by his prolific and continuing high-quality output but also by such honors as the National Magazine Award for his commemorative Y2K essay titled "Clock of Ages," published in the November/December 1999 issue of The Sciences magazine. (The also-rans that year included Tom Wolfe, Verlyn Klinkenborg, and Oliver Sacks.) Hayes's work in this genre has also appeared in such anthologies as The BestAmerican Magazine Writing, The Best American Science and NatureWriting, and The Norton Reader. Here he offers us a selection of his most memorable and accessible pieces—including "Clock of Ages"—embellishing them with an overall, scene-setting preface, reconfigured illustrations, and a refreshingly self-critical "Afterthoughts" section appended to each essay.
Author | : Martin Gardner |
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Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2008-09-08 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
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This book of the earliest of Gardner's enormously popular Scientific American columns and puzzles continues to challenge and fascinate readers. Now the author, in consultation with experts, has added updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries.
Author | : Martin Gardner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Games |
ISBN | : 9780226282503 |
Author | : Miodrag Petkovi_ |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2009-09-02 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0821848143 |
This entertaining book presents a collection of 180 famous mathematical puzzles and intriguing elementary problems that great mathematicians have posed, discussed, and/or solved. The selected problems do not require advanced mathematics, making this book accessible to a variety of readers. Mathematical recreations offer a rich playground for both amateur and professional mathematicians. Believing that creative stimuli and aesthetic considerations are closely related, great mathematicians from ancient times to the present have always taken an interest in puzzles and diversions. The goal of this book is to show that famous mathematicians have all communicated brilliant ideas, methodological approaches, and absolute genius in mathematical thoughts by using recreational mathematics as a framework. Concise biographies of many mathematicians mentioned in the text are also included. The majority of the mathematical problems presented in this book originated in number theory, graph theory, optimization, and probability. Others are based on combinatorial and chess problems, while still others are geometrical and arithmetical puzzles. This book is intended to be both entertaining as well as an introduction to various intriguing mathematical topics and ideas. Certainly, many stories and famous puzzles can be very useful to prepare classroom lectures, to inspire and amuse students, and to instill affection for mathematics.