Colossal Bk of Sht Math Puzzle Cl

by Gardner,Martin

• ISBN13: 9780393061147
• ISBN10: 0393061140
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

For more than twenty-five years, Martin Gardner was Scientific American's renowned provocateur of popular math. His yearly gatherings of short and inventive problems were easily his most anticipated math columns. Loyal readers would savor the wit and elegance of his explorations in physics, probability, topology, and chess, among others. Grouped by subject and arrayed from easiest to hardest, the puzzles gathered here, which complement the lengthier, more involved problems in The Colossal Book of Mathematics, have been selected by Gardner for their illuminating; and often bewildering; solutions. Filled with over 300 illustrations, this new volume even contains nine new mathematical gems that Gardner, now ninety, has been gathering for the last decade. No amateur or expert math lover should be without this indispensable volume; a capstone to Gardner's seventy-year career.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	xiii
Combinatorial & Numerical Problems
Combinatorics	3	(36)
Probability	39	(22)
Numbers	61	(24)
Algebra	85	(22)
Geometric Puzzles
Plane Geometry	107	(33)
Solid Geometry	140	(26)
Shapes & Dissections	166	(31)
Topology	197	(30)
Algorithmic Puzzles & Games
Procedures	227	(43)
Scheduling & Planning	270	(42)
Games	312	(27)
Chess	339	(28)
Other Puzzles
Logic	367	(22)
Cryptarithms	389	(11)
Wordplay	400	(22)
Physical Objects	422	(18)
Physics	440	(19)
Appendix
Twelve More Brain Teasers	459	(8)
Selected Titles	467	(4)
Index	471