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The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.8
EAN: 9780393061147
ISBN: 0393061140
Label: W. W. Norton
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 704
Publication Date: November 28, 2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Studio: W. W. Norton
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Editorial Review:
Finally collected in one volume, Martin Gardner's immensely popular short puzzles—along with a few new ones from the master.For more than twenty-five years, Martin Gardner was Scientific American's renowned provocateur of popular math. His yearly gatherings of short and inventive problems were easily his most anticipated math columns. Loyal readers would savor the wit and elegance of his explorations in physics, probability, topology, and chess, among others. Grouped by subject and arrayed from easiest to hardest, the puzzles gathered here, which complement the lengthier, more involved problems in The Colossal Book of Mathematics, have been selected by Gardner for their illuminating—and often bewildering—solutions. Filled with over 300 illustrations, this new volume even contains nine new mathematical gems that Gardner, now ninety, has been gathering for the last decade. No amateur or expert math lover should be without this indispensable volume—a capstone to Gardner's seventy-year career. 308 illustrations.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A big enjoyment
This is a superb collection of puzzles of all kinds. Anyone experienced or not in the puzzle field should own this book.
Martin Gardner is a guarantee for this book's efficiency, and highly educational and entertaining content. 5/5
Rating: - The home trainer for the brain
Great collection of thought puzzles, some well known, some highly original.
What I like most is that every problem, from the simplest up to the really difficult, has a twist to it: You may think you immediately see the answer, but there is always something you didn't think of. For example Problem 1.1 (to be seen in the Excerpt when you click on the image of the book): How many dates in a year can be confusing if you don't know whether they are in European notation (28/2/2007) or US ... Read More
Rating: - I predict this book will be a Mathematical Recreations classic.
Martin Gardner is the name that always comes to mind when one thinks of Mathematical Recreations. Anyone who ever read Scientific American magazine will remember his column in every issue. He wrote the column for 25 years;and made puzzle lovers of millions of readers. His fans ran the gamut from those with a very elementary background in mathematics to those with a high degree of knowledge. What he did was to make mathematics something to enjoy and use as a recreational pursuit. Over the years, ... Read More
Rating: - Gardner's collection of puzzles over the years (from Scientific American)
What a great collection of puzzles. Anyone who likes puzzles SHOULD own this.
I initially bought this for myself. But my brother-in-law loved it so much (when it arrived) that I gave it to him as a present. Just ordered it for myself again!
Rating: - THE gift
The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems is going to be THE gift to send to your puzzle-loving friends and family. Gardener is a master and a national treasure. Every math teacher should own this book as a resource, and every puzzle-lover should have it for hours of fun.
Deborah Bennett, author of Randomness and Logic Made Easy
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