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A Gardner's workout : training the mind and entertaining the spirit / / Martin Gardner
| A Gardner's workout : training the mind and entertaining the spirit / / Martin Gardner |
| Autore | Gardner Martin <1914-2010.> |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Natick, Mass., : A.K Peters, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
| ISBN |
0-429-06239-7
1-4398-6409-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I -- 1: The Opaque Cube -- 2: The Square Root of 2: = 1: 414: 213: 562: 373: 095: ... -- 3: Flip, the Psychic Robot -- 4: The Propositional Calculus with Directed Graphs -- 5: Mathematics and Wordplay -- 6: Steiner Trees on a Checkerboard -- 7: Tiling the Bent Tromino -- 8: Covering a Cube with Congruent Polygons -- 9: Magic Tricks on a Computer -- 10: Variations on the 12345679: Trick -- 11: More Calculator Whimsies -- 12: Kasparov's Defeat by Deep Blue -- 13: Computers Near the Threshold? -- 14: Cornering the King -- 15: Toroidal Currency -- 16: Six Challenging Dissection Tasks -- 17: Lewis Carroll's Pillow-Problems -- 18: Lewis Carroll's Word Ladders -- 19: The Ant on 1: × 1: × 2 -- 20: Three-Point Tiling -- 21: Lucky Numbers and 218: -- 22: 3: × 3: Magic Squares -- 23: Some New Discoveries about 3: × 3: Magic Squares -- 24: Primes in Arithmetic Progression -- 25: Prime Magic Squares -- 26: The Dominono Game -- 27: The Growth of Recreational Mathematics -- 28: Maximum Inscribed Squares, Rectangles, and Triangles -- 29: Serial Isogons of 90: Degrees -- 30: Around the Solar System -- 31: Ten Amazing Mathematical Tricks -- 32: Modeling Mathematics with Playing Cards -- 33: The Asymmetric Propeller Theorem -- 34: Chess Queens and Maximum Unattacked Cells -- Part II -- 35: Lion Hunting -- 36: Two Books on Infinity -- 37: The Universe and the Teacup -- 38: A New Result on Perfect Magic Squares -- 39: The Number Devil -- 40: Probability 1 -- 41: Fuzzy New New Math. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821730403321 |
Gardner Martin <1914-2010.>
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| Natick, Mass., : A.K Peters, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Riddles of the sphinx and other mathematical puzzle tales [[electronic resource] /] / by Martin Gardner
| Riddles of the sphinx and other mathematical puzzle tales [[electronic resource] /] / by Martin Gardner |
| Autore | Gardner Martin <1914-2010.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1987 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina | 793.7 |
| Collana | Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Puzzles |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-88385-947-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Front Cover""; ""Riddles of the Sphinx: and Other Mathematical Puzzle Tales""; ""Copyright Page""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Editors Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""RIDDLES""; ""1 Riddles of the Sphinx""; ""2 Precognition and the Mystic Seven""; ""3 On to Charmian""; ""4 Technology on Vzigs""; ""5 The Valley of Lost Things""; ""6 Around the Solar System""; ""7 The Stripe on Barberpolia""; ""8 The Road to Mandalay""; ""9 The Black Hole of Cal Cutter""; ""10 Science Fantasy Quiz""; ""11 The Barbers of Barberpolia""; ""12 It's All Done with Mirrors""; ""13 Satan and the Apple""
""14 How's-that-again Flanagan""""15 Relativistically Speaking""; ""16 Bar Bets on the Bagel""; ""17 Catch the BEM""; ""18 Animal TTT""; ""19 Playing Safe on the Bagel""; ""20 Sex Among the Polyomans""; ""21 Inner Planets Quiz""; ""22 Puzzles in Flatland""; ""23 Dirac's Scissors""; ""24 Bull's-eyes and Pratfalls""; ""25 Flarp Flips Another Fiver""; ""26 Blues in the Night""; ""27 Again. How's That Again?""; ""28 Alice in Beeland""; ""29 Hustle Off to Buffalo""; ""30 Ray Palmer's Arcade""; ""31 Puzzle Flags on Mars""; ""32 The Vanishing Plank""; ""33 987654321"" ""34 Time-reversed Worlds""""35 The Wisdom of Solomon""; ""36 Thang. the Planet Eater""; ""FIRST ANSWERS""; ""SECOND ANSWERS""; ""THIRD ANSWERS""; ""FOURTH ANSWERS""; ""Back Cover"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465732203321 |
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Gardner Martin <1914-2010.>
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| Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1987 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Riddles of the sphinx and other mathematical puzzle tales / / by Martin Gardner
| Riddles of the sphinx and other mathematical puzzle tales / / by Martin Gardner |
| Autore | Gardner Martin <1914-2010.> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1987 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Collana | Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Puzzles |
| ISBN | 0-88385-947-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Riddles of the Sphinx -- Precognition and the Mystic Seven -- On to Charmain -- Technology on VZIGS -- The Valley of Lost Things -- Around the Solar System -- The Stripe on Barberpolia -- The Road to Mandalay -- The Black Hole of Cal Cutter -- Science Fantasy Quiz -- The Barbers of Barberpolia -- It's All Done with Mirrors -- Satan and the Apple -- How's-that-again Flanagan -- Relativistically Speaking -- Bar Bets on the Bagel -- Catch the BEM -- Animal TTT -- Playing Safe on the Bagel -- Sex Among the Polyomans -- Inner Planets Quiz -- Puzzles in Flatland -- Dirac's Scissors -- Bull's-eyes and Pratfalls -- Flarp Flips and Another Fiver -- Blues in the Night -- Again, How's That Again? -- Alice in Beeland -- Hustle Off to Buffalo -- Ray Palmer's Arcade -- Puzzle Flags on Mars -- The Vanishing Plank -- 987654321 -- Time-reversed Worlds -- The Wisdom of Solomon -- Thang, the Planet Eater. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822037003321 |
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Gardner Martin <1914-2010.>
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| Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1987 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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