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The Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications Hardcover – July 18, 1997

by Martin Gardner (Author)

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Of all of Martin Gardner\'s writings, none gained him a wider audience or was more central to his reputation than his Mathematical Recreations column in Scientific American\", which virtually defined the genre of popular mathematics writing for a generation. Flatland, Hydras and Eggs: Mathematical Mystifications will be the final collection of these columns, covering a period roughly from 1979 to Gardner\'s retirement as a regular columnist in 1986. The notable trend over Gardner\'s career is the increasing sophistication of the mathematics he has been able to translate into his famously lucid prose. These columns show him at the top of his form and are not to be missed by anyone with an interest in mathematics. As always in his published collections, Gardner includes letters received from mathematicians and other commenting on the ideas presented in the columns.\"

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Hardcover: 392 pages
Publisher: Copernicus; 1 edition (July 18, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387949291
ISBN-13: 978-0387949291
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Whoah! Nostalgia!

By Piers Cawley on May 12, 1998

Format: Hardcover

Reading this takes me back to time spent in my school's library poring over Gardner's columns in Scientific American. Several of the columns in this book I first read as a nerdy 14 year old and was staggered then (as I am now) by the elegance and beauty of the ideas they contained. Now I read it with a far greater appreciation of the problems and ideas expressed, but that doesn't compare with the sheer sense of wonder I experienced first time around.

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Not as interesting as his earlier books

By Giant Panda on October 19, 2008

Format: Hardcover

I have long enjoyed reading Martin Gardner's books for their content of entertaining mathematical puzzles. Unfortunately, this volume is not as entertaining as the earlier books. The book takes thoroughness to the extreme, beating every issue to death and hence reading more like a textbook than a puzzle book. Further there is little diversity in topics - most chapters come from number theory or topology. Still you will find some interesting problems in this one: flatland, cannibals, taxicab geometry, checkers, the pigeonhole, and non-Euclidean geometry. Just don't plan to read everything or you will end up bogged down.

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whoa! slow down!

By A Customer on April 3, 2000

Format: Hardcover

Maybe its that I'm looking at the past through rose colored glasses, but when I read this I did'nt experience the same sense of wonder that I did when I was 13. Martin touches on very very cool topics, but my main gripe is that he whizzes through everything, often just giving a pointer to another book, which is great in that it encourages more exploration but is frustrating at the same time. But if you havent encountared recreational mathematics before, take a look, Martin does a wonderful job in making math FUN!

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Not Quite Right

By Kenneth A. Perko, Jr. on June 18, 2014

Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase

Not quite right in its account of the tabulation of 11-crossing knots, the book is an entertaining romp through the world of mathematics, wholly satisfactory for recreational purposes.

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