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Mathematical puzzle tales

Mathematical puzzle tales

Martin Gardner

164 pages, parution le 21/10/2003

Résumé

Martin Gardner published his first book in 1935. Since then he has published more than 60 books, most of them about mathematics and science, but also philosophy and literature. He has charmed readers of all ages with his mathematical insights and his sense of fun. He has written one novel, The Flight of Peter Fromm and a collection of short stories, The No-Sided Professor. He wrote the popular Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for 25 years. Other books by Martin Gardner published by the Mathematical Association of America are: Riddles of the Sphinx, Mathematical Magic Show, Mathematical Carnival, Mathematical Circus, New Mathematical Diversions, and Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers.

Martin offers everybody (not just mathematicians) creative refuge for the imagination. The puzzles in this book are not just puzzles. Very often, they embody deep mathematical principles that deal with matters not yet well enough understood to be applied to the practical world. Such "games" are not more trivial than "real" mathematics. They may well be more important and may be the foreshadowing of future mathematics. - Isaac Asimov from the Preface.

Contents

  • Puzzles
    • Lost on Capra
    • The Doctors' Dilemma
    • Space Pool
    • Machismo on Byronia
    • The Defective Doyles
    • The Third Dr. Moreau
    • The Voyage of the Bagel
    • The Great Ring of Neptune
    • The Toroids of Dr. Klonefake
    • The Postage Stamps of Philo Tate
    • Captain Tittlebaum's Test
    • Exploring Carter's Crater
    • Pink, Blue, and Green
    • The Three Robots of Professor Tinker
    • How Bagson Bagged a Board Game
    • The Shop on Bedford Street
    • Tanya Tackles Topology
    • The Explosion of Blabbage's Oracle
    • Dracula Makes a Martini
    • The Erasing of Philbert the Fudger
    • Oulipo Wordplay
    • How Crock and Witson Cracked a Code
    • Titan's Titanic Symbo
    • Professor Cracker's Antitelephone
    • Vacation on the Moon
    • Weird Numbers From Titan
    • Lucifer at Las Vegas
    • Off We're Going to Shuttle
    • The Backward Banana
    • The Queer Story of Gardner's Magazine
    • Blabbage's Decision Paradox
    • No Vacancy at Aleph-Null Inn
    • Tube Through the Earth
    • Robots of Oz
    • The Dance of the Jolly Green Digits
    • The Bagel Heads Home
  • Answers
    • First Answers
    • Second Answers
    • Third Answers
    • Bibliography
    • Postscript

L'auteur - Martin Gardner

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Éditeur(s) The Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Auteur(s) Martin Gardner
Parution 21/10/2003
Nb. de pages 164
Format 17,8 x 23
Couverture Broché
Poids 275g
Intérieur Noir et Blanc
EAN13 9780883855331
ISBN13 978-0-88385-533-1

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