Mathematical Magic Show: More Puzzles, Games, Diversions, Illusions and Other Mathematical Sleight-Of-Mind from Scientific American [Paperback]

Martin Gardner (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: Random House Inc (P); 1st Vintage Books ed edition (October 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394726235
• ISBN-13: 978-0394726236
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,758,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

For 25 of his 95 years, Martin Gardner wrote 'Mathematical Games and Recreations', a monthly column for Scientific American magazine. These columns have inspired hundreds of thousands of readers to delve more deeply into the large world of mathematics. He has also made significant contributions to magic, philosophy, debunking pseudoscience, and children's literature. He has produced more than 60 books, including many best sellers, most of which are still in print. His Annotated Alice has sold more than a million copies. He continues to write a regular column for the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic of a previous age, January 23, 2007

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This review is from: Mathematical Magic Show: More Puzzles, Games, Diversions, Illusions and Other Mathematical Sleight-Of-Mind from Scientific American (Hardcover)

When I first read this I had no idea that he was starting
a type of writing that would catch on. Reading :"Archimedes' Revenge"
by Paul Hoffman, I realized that he was using the same techniques that Martin Gardner had.
One of Hoffman's examples is the same Möbius band in a new context.
The perfect numbers are also in both books as well as a section on
strange tiling effects. That the Harter -Heighway dragon was introduced
here as well makes the book a classic of the last age of mathematical innocence,
before mathematical genealogy took over.