A Lifetime of Puzzles

A Lifetime of Puzzles

Author: Erik D. Demaine

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-10-28

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 143986571X

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Martin Gardner has entertained the world with his puzzles for decades and inspired countless mathematicians and scientists. As he rounds out another decade, his colleagues are paying him tribute with this special collection that contains contributions from some of the most respected puzzlemasters, magicians and mathematicians, including: - John H. Conway - William R. Gosper - Ed Pegg, Jr. - Roger Penrose - Raymond Smullyan - Peter Winkler. And of course there is something from the original puzzlemaster himself, Martin Gardner.


The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler

The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler

Author: Elwyn R. Berlekamp

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1999-03-08

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1439863849

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This volume comprises an imaginative collection of pieces created in tribute to Martin Gardner. Perhaps best known for writing Scientific American's "Mathematical Games" column for years, Gardner used his personal exuberance and fascination with puzzles and magic to entice a wide range of readers into a world of mathematical discovery. This tribute


How to Deal With Idiots

How to Deal With Idiots

Author: Maxime Rovere

Publisher: Profile Books

Published: 2021-08-12

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1782838082

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Idiocy is all around us, whether it's the uncle spouting conspiracy theories, the colleagues who repeat your point but louder, or the commuters who still don't know how to use an escalator. But what is the answer to this perpetual scourge? Here, philosopher Maxime Rovere turns his attention to the murkiest of intellectual corners. With warmth, wit and wisdom, he illuminates a new understanding of idiots, one which examines our relations to others and our own ego, offers tools and strategies to dismantle the most desperate of idiotic situations, and even reveals how to stop being the idiots ourselves (because we're always someone else's idiot). Expertly translated by David Bellos, this is an erudite, enjoyable and much-needed solution to a most familiar vexation.


Mathematical Magic Show

Mathematical Magic Show

Author: Martin Gardner

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 147046358X

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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 1977, contains columns published in the magazine from 1965-1968. This 1990 MAA edition contains a foreword by Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham and a postscript and extended bibliography added by Gardner for this edition.


The No-Sided Professor

The No-Sided Professor

Author: Martin Gardner

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2010-10-05

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1615926860

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Here is Martin Gardner''s first collection of short stories. Culled from fiction written over the years for such magazines as Esquire and the London Mystery Magazine, The No-Sided Professor is proof that Gardner''s expertise does not stop at his scientific and mathematical works. Only Gardner can infuse short stories with the same masterful charm, wit, and philosophical brio that have brought him legions of fans through his mathematical-puzzle books and investigations into science and pseudoscience. Gardner introduces us to the "No-Sided Professor," Dr. Stanislaw Slapenarski, who by means of a kind of mathematical yoga blips himself and his nemesis into another dimension. In "At the Feet of Karl Klodhopper," Gardner tells an engrossing story of lust and murder in the art world. These and other stories reveal Gardner''s astonishingly wide range of intellectual insight and cultural acumen. The No-Sided Professor is full of tales of fantasy, humor, the bohemian life, topological wizardry, and mystery. All are stamped with the unmistakable seal of a master storyteller.


The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi

The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi

Author: Stephen Minch

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780945296843

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The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi is the first book in any language that presents a substantial collection of this master magician’s secrets with cards, coins and...things. The contents have been gathered from scarce publications with strictly limited circulations, and include closely guarded, never before published tricks and sleights.


More Annotated Alice

More Annotated Alice

Author: Lewis Carroll

Publisher: Random House (NY)

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13:

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Alice travels to Wonderland, first when she falls through a rabbit hole, and a second time when she goes through a mirror to the other side.