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The Colossal Book of Mathematics
by Martin Gardner. |
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For this ultimate collection Martin
Gardner selected fifty of his best Mathematical Games
columns he's been writing for
Scientific American
for twenty-five years.
They are gathered into 12 broad categories covering a
vast spectrum of topics and themes of recreational
mathematics: hexaflexagons, fractals, hypercubes, knots
and doughnuts; arithmetic, algebra, plane and solid
geometry, game and number theory; math puzzles, number
and word challenges, logical conundrums, paradoxes;
symmetry, topology, graph theory and higher dimensions;
Klein bottles, Penrose tiles, Möbius strips and
Bulgarian solitaire; physics, probability, infinity, and
time travel; and many more.
Each section of this collection is provided with an
updated bibliography, and each chapter includes a new
addendum.
To some extent, this weighty collection taken together
with another Martin Gardner's compendium,
The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems,
makes a wonderful introduction to the Martin Gardner
Universe. Richly illustrated with 320 line drawings this
collection is a must be for all Gardner fans, and all
puzzle & math lovers, young and old alike.
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More details about the book:
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company, 2001;
ISBN: 0-393-02023-1; Hardcover; 736 pages; 9 1/2 x 7
1/8.
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The book is available at most of big book stores all
over the World, both virtual and real, such as
Amazon.com
or
Barnes & Noble. |
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