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

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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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July 18, 1997
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0387949291
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978-0387949291
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The Last Recreations collects the final works of Martin Gardner, the renowned "Mathematical Games" columnist for Scientific American. No prior knowledge of mathematics are necessary here; all will enjoy learning about topics ranging from Bulgarian solitaire to taxicab geometry, with experienced expositor Gardner as guide. Letters and updates concerning his column are also included in this book.

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Gardner, who conducted the immensely popular Mathematical Games department of this magazine from 1956 to 1981, presents here his 15th and final (he says) collection of those columns. There are 23 of them, culled from his last seven years of writing for the magazine. They deal with such engaging topics as "The Wonders of a Planiverse," "Bulgarian Solitaire and Other Seemingly Endless Tasks," "M-Pire Maps," "The Monster and Other Sporadic Groups" and "Taxicab Geometry." As in previous collections, Gardner brings his topics up-to-date and includes some of the letters from readers that his beguiling problems brought forth.

Publisher : Copernicus; 1st edition (July 18, 1997)
Language: : English
Hardcover : 392 pages
ISBN-10 : 0387949291
ISBN-13 : 978-0387949291
Item Weight : 1.65 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1.01 x 9 inches

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Kenneth A. Perko, Jr.

Not Quite Right

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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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Giant Panda

Not as interesting as his earlier books

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2008

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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Piers Cawley

Whoah! Nostalgia!

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 1998

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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Ramon Companys Pascual

Buen libro de Matemática Recreativa

Reviewed in Spain on May 27, 2018

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Martin Gardner es siempre interesante. Para los aficionados a los problemas de matemática recreativa es un autor fundamental. Periódicamnete vuelvo a leer sus obras..

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