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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| Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1987 | ||
| 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-9910966252303321 |
Gardner Martin <1914-2010.>
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| Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1987 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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