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A Lifetime of Puzzles 1st Edition

by Erik D. Demaine (Editor), Martin L. Demaine (Editor), Tom Rodgers (Editor)
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Martin Gardner has entertained the world with his puzzles for decades and inspired countless mathematicians and scientists. As he rounds out another decade, his colleagues are paying him tribute with this special collection that contains contributions from some of the most respected puzzlemasters, magicians and mathematicians, including: - John H. Conway - William R. Gosper - Ed Pegg, Jr. - Roger Penrose - Raymond Smullyan - Peter Winkler And of course there is something from the orignal puzzlemaster himself, Martin Gardner.
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    1568812450
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    978-1568812458
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    1st
  4. Publisher
    A K Peters/CRC Press
  5. Publication date
    October 1, 2008
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  8. Print length
    360 pages
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This nice collection of articles is a lovely tribute to Martin Gardner, the great magician, entertainer, and father of modern recreational mathematics. It will bring many happy moments to the readers keen on exploring connections between puzzles, magic, and mathematics.
--Zentralblatt MATH, February 2009

The articles include puzzles, personal recollections of the authors' friendships with Gardner, and historical pieces. The personalized articles are wonderfully done and give the reader insight into Gardner's inquisitive nature. . . . There are twenty-five articles in all so let me give a short description of just a few. 'Tangram: The World's First Puzzle Craze' by Jerry Slocum ranks high, giving a history of the tangram and pictures of artifacts and modern day renditions. 'De Viribus Quantitatis by Luca Pacioli: The First Recreational Mathematics Book, ' by David Singmaster, is filled with details, pictures, and reproductions of book pages that show puzzles have happily been with us for a very long time. I was struck by M. Oskar van Deventer's article 'Mechanical Mazes.' He describes not the popular two-dimensional mazes, but three-dimensional mazes and puzzles. . . . Each of the articles can be read independently so if you don't like one, simply move to another. . . . the book is a fine tribute to Mr. Gardner.
--MAA Reviews, May 2009

... a tribute to Martin Gardner by respected puzzle masters, magicians, and mathematicians, offers resources for educators and recreational mathematicians alike. A collection of essays encompassing a variety of topics, the book includes a brief history of Gardner's work, magic tricks, mechanical puzzles, word puzzles, mazes and games. ... Educators will find nonroutine problems suitable for use at the secondary school level and above, while recreational mathematicians will enjoy a variety of puzzles and mathematical objects. ... Readers will enjoy the journey down a road less traveled to the place where mathematics, magic, and puzzles meet.
--Josh Hertel, Mathematics Teacher, September 2009

... For fans of Martin Gardner and for all concerned with communicating to the public the fascination of mathematical research, it is an ideal bedside book.
--Phill Schultz, Australian Mathematical Society, March 2010

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Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Tom Rodgers

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ A K Peters/CRC Press; 1st edition (October 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568812450
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568812458
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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Erik Demaine is a Professor in Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Demaine's research interests range throughout algorithms, from data structures for improving web searches to the geometry of understanding how proteins fold to the computational difficulty of playing games. He received a MacArthur Fellowship as a "computational geometer tackling and solving difficult problems related to folding and bending—moving readily between the theoretical and the playful, with a keen eye to revealing the former in the latter". He appears in the recent origami documentary Between the Folds, cowrote a book about the theory of folding (Geometric Folding Algorithms), and a book about the computational complexity of games (Games, Puzzles, and Computation). Together with his father Martin, his interests span the connections between mathematics and art, including curved-crease sculptures in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Renwick Gallery in the Smithsonian. For more about him, see his webpage: http://erikdemaine.org/

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My entire family likes puzzles of all sorts, and I bought this as a gift for one of my sons, a physicist and engineer, who also collects and designs wooden puzzles. (The book was published in honor of Martin Gardner's 90th birthday!)

The puzzles are a collection contributed by mathematicians, magicians, and others. They range from math to tricks to mazes to wooden puzzles, all kinds of things. History of puzzles throughout the ages is shown. Explanations accompany the puzzles.

The reader should be well versed in mathematics to get the most out of the book.

It's a really nice book for anyone who likes convoluted puzzles, and the text is well written. There is a list of the contributors in the back, with a short paragraph about each one. This is interesting, too.

I really like it, (I looked through it, of course, before I wrapped it up!), and it will keep you very well entertained.
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