Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles
by: Martin Gardner
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Only an elementary knowledge of math is needed to enjoy this entertaining compilation of brain-teasers. It includes a mixture of old and new riddles covering a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles and more. Carefully explained solutions follow each problem. 65 black-and-white illustrations.
Only an elementary knowledge of math is needed to enjoy this entertaining compilation of brain-teasers. It includes a mixture of old and new riddles covering a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles and more. Carefully explained solutions follow each problem. 65 black-and-white illustrations.
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- The best puzzles from the best puzzler
No one outdoes Martin Gardner in writing about mathematics in an understandable way. He is also a very modest and helpful man, in my communications with him he has always been willing to give credit to others, sometimes when it seemed clear that it was his.
This book contains some of the best puzzles that Gardner has encountered and of course, he describes them in his own clear style that makes them so easy to understand. Solutions are included; the level of difficulty is such that the middle ... Read More
Rating: - Entertaining yet informative
Gardner's work is always a delight to read, and this is not an exception. The problems are fun yet manageable, therefore are good exercises when one needs some simple yet truly insightful ideas about how the world functions on the mathematical level. I spent one spring break from college devoting my time to solving the problems in this book alone, and it proved to be worthwhile as it provided me with some interesting facts of science, challenged me in a way that I did not feel "threatened", while gave ... Read More
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- Mathematical problems for the Beginner
This book introduces mathematical puzzles in very respectable way. Though the puzzles are really mathematical puzzles and the attached solutions explain the essential concepts, you don't need to know lots of knowledge to solve them.
However, if you have already read other Martin Gardner's book or mathematical puzzle books, I do not recommend this book. These puzzles are very common and easy kind of ones.
Rating: - Entertaining and illustrative Puzzles for the Beginner
"Entertaining mathematical puzzles" by Martin Gartner is collection of rather easy math puzzles of diverse mathematical topics. Only an elementary knowledge of math and the will to resist looking up the answers before completing the problems.
Clear and concise comments at the beginning of each section explain the nature and importance of the math needed to solve each puzzle. A carefully explained solution follows each problem. In many cases, all that is needed to solve a problem is the ability ... Read More
Rating: - The evergreen Martin Gardner
As most of Martin Gardner's books, this is an enchanting
collection of puzzles. No author has done a better job at popularizing and illustrating the beauty of mathematics.
- The best puzzles from the best puzzlerNo one outdoes Martin Gardner in writing about mathematics in an understandable way. He is also a very modest and helpful man, in my communications with him he has always been willing to give credit to others, sometimes when it seemed clear that it was his.
This book contains some of the best puzzles that Gardner has encountered and of course, he describes them in his own clear style that makes them so easy to understand. Solutions are included; the level of difficulty is such that the middle ... Read More
- Entertaining yet informativeGardner's work is always a delight to read, and this is not an exception. The problems are fun yet manageable, therefore are good exercises when one needs some simple yet truly insightful ideas about how the world functions on the mathematical level. I spent one spring break from college devoting my time to solving the problems in this book alone, and it proved to be worthwhile as it provided me with some interesting facts of science, challenged me in a way that I did not feel "threatened", while gave ... Read More
- Mathematical problems for the BeginnerThis book introduces mathematical puzzles in very respectable way. Though the puzzles are really mathematical puzzles and the attached solutions explain the essential concepts, you don't need to know lots of knowledge to solve them.
However, if you have already read other Martin Gardner's book or mathematical puzzle books, I do not recommend this book. These puzzles are very common and easy kind of ones.
- Entertaining and illustrative Puzzles for the Beginner"Entertaining mathematical puzzles" by Martin Gartner is collection of rather easy math puzzles of diverse mathematical topics. Only an elementary knowledge of math and the will to resist looking up the answers before completing the problems.
Clear and concise comments at the beginning of each section explain the nature and importance of the math needed to solve each puzzle. A carefully explained solution follows each problem. In many cases, all that is needed to solve a problem is the ability ... Read More
- The evergreen Martin GardnerAs most of Martin Gardner's books, this is an enchanting
collection of puzzles. No author has done a better job at popularizing and illustrating the beauty of mathematics.
