Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi

Martin Gardner's First Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-73525-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 269 g

Reihe: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library

Paradoxes and paper-folding, Moebius variations and mnemonics, fallacies, magic squares, topological curiosities, parlor tricks, and games ancient and modern, from Polyominoes, Nim, Hex, and the Tower of Hanoi to four-dimensional ticktacktoe. These mathematical recreations, clearly and cleverly presented by Martin Gardner, delight and perplex while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other fields of mathematics. Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi is the inaugural volume in Martin Gardner’s New Mathematical Library. This book of the earliest of Gardner’s enormously popular Scientific American columns and puzzles continues to challenge and fascinate readers. Now the author, in consultation with experts, has added updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gardner, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Operations Research Spieltheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Populäre Darstellungen der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Hexaflexagons
2. Magic with a matrix
3. Nine problems
4. Ticktacktoe
5. Probability paradoxes
6. The icosian game and the Tower of Hanoi
7. Curious topological models
8. The game of hex
9. Sam Loyd: America's greatest puzzlist
10. Mathematical card tricks
11. Memorizing numbers
12. Nine more problems
13. Polyominoes
14. Fallacies
15. Nim and tac tix
16. Left or right.

Über Autor(innen)

Gardner, Martin
For 25 of his 90 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.