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Martin Gardner |
Entertaining mathematical puzzles |
026034 |
1961 |
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| Title | Entertaining mathematical puzzles |
| Author(s) | Martin Gardner |
| Publication | New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1961. |
| Description | xii, 112p. |
| Abstract Note | , Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles is a mixture of old and new riddles, grouped into sections that cover a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles, and more. The probability section, for example, points out that everything we do, everything that happens around us, obeys the laws of probability; geometry puzzles test our ability to think pictorially and often, in more than one dimension; while topology, among the "youngest and rowdiest branches of modern geometry," offers a glimpse into a strange dimension where properties remain unchanged, no matter how a figure is twisted, stretched, or compressed. Clear and concise comments at the beginning of each section explain the nature and importance of the math needed to solve each puzzle. A carefully explained solution follows each problem. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780486252117 : US $6.95(PB) |
| Classification | 51-8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. GEOMETRY PUZZLES
2. PUZZLES
3. RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS
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