The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler
Title | The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler PDF eBook |
Author | Elwyn R. Berlekamp |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1999-03-08 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1439863849 |
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
Tribute to a Mathemagician
Title | Tribute to a Mathemagician PDF eBook |
Author | Barry Cipra |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2004-11-10 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1439864799 |
The tradition of a publication based on the Gathering for Gardner continues with this new carefully selected and edited collection in which Martin Gardner and friends inspire and entertain. The contributors to this volume---virtually a list of Who's Who in the World of Puzzles---trace their inspiration to Martin Gardner's puzzle column in Scientifi
Homage to a Pied Puzzler
Title | Homage to a Pied Puzzler PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Hugh Schoen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Mathematical recreations |
ISBN | 9780429065217 |
The Puzzle Instinct
Title | The Puzzle Instinct PDF eBook |
Author | Marcel Danesi |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2004-02-20 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9780253217080 |
"Humans are the only animals who create and solve puzzles--for the sheer pleasure of it--and there is no obvious genetic reason why we would do this. Marcel Danesi explores the psychology of puzzles and puzzling, with scores of classic examples. His pioneering book is both entertaining and enlightening." --Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times "... Puzzle fanatics will enjoy the many riddles, illusions, cryptograms and other mind-benders offered for analysis." --Psychology Today "... a bristlingly clear... always intriguing survey of the history and rationale of puzzles.... A] splendid study...." --Knight Ridder Newspapers
A Lifetime of Puzzles
Title | A Lifetime of Puzzles PDF eBook |
Author | Erik D. Demaine |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 361 |
Release | 2008-10-28 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 143986571X |
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.
Puzzlers' Tribute
Title | Puzzlers' Tribute PDF eBook |
Author | David Wolfe |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 445 |
Release | 2001-12-05 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1439864101 |
This second collection of interesting mathematical puzzles continues the tribute to Martin Gardner, who has provided us with original puzzles and puzzling stories ever since he created and produced the "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American. The international community of puzzle enthusiasts has gathered once again to celebrate Martin Ga
Mathematical Puzzles
Title | Mathematical Puzzles PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Winkler |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 2021-01-21 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 0429557973 |
Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. Mathematical Puzzles makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem. Features A collection of the world’s best mathematical puzzles Each chapter features a technique for solving mathematical puzzles, examples, and finally a genuine theorem of mathematics that features that technique in its proof Puzzles that are entertaining, mystifying, paradoxical, and satisfying; they are not just exercises or contest problems.