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Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles

内容简介

Onlyanelementaryknowledgeofmathisneededtoenjoythisentertainingcompilationofbrain-teasers.Itincludesamixtureofoldandnewriddlescoveringavarietyofmathematicaltopics:money,speed,planeandsolidgeometry,probability,topology,trickypuzzlesandmore.Carefullyexplainedsolutionsfolloweachproblem.65black-and-whiteillustrations.

作者简介

MartinGardnerwasarenownedauthorwhopublishedover70booksonsubjectsfromscienceandmathtopoetryandreligion.Healsohadalifelongpassionformagictricksandpuzzles.WellknownforhismathematicalgamescolumninScientificAmericanandhis"TrickoftheMonth"inPhysicsTeachermagazine,Gardnerattractedaloyalfollowingwithhisintelligence,wit,andimagination.MartinGardner:ARemembranceTheworldwidemathematicalcommunitywassaddenedbythedeathofMartinGardneronMay22,2010.Martinwas95yearsoldwhenhedied,andhadwritten70or80booksduringhislonglifetimeasanauthor.Martin'sfirstDoverbookswerepublishedin1956and1957:Mathematics,MagicandMystery,oneofthefirstpopularbooksontheintellectualexcitementofmathematicstoreachawideaudience,andFadsandFallaciesintheNameofScience,certainlyoneofthefirstpopularbookstocastadevastatinglyskepticaleyeontheclaimsofpseudoscienceandthemanyguisesinwhichthemodernworldhasgivenrisetoit.BothofthesepioneeringbooksarestillinprintwithDovertodayalongwithmorethanadozenothertitlesofMartin'sbooks.TheyrunthegamutfromhiselementaryCodes,CiphersandSecretWriting,whichhasbeenenjoyedbygenerationsofyoungerreaderssincethe1980s,tothemoredemandingTheNewAmbidextrousUniverse:SymmetryandAsymmetryfromMirrorReflectionstoSuperstrings,whichDoverpublishedinitsfinalrevisedformin2005.TothoseofuswhohavebeenassociatedwithDoverforalongtime,however,Martinwasmorethananauthor,albeitaremarkablypopularandsuccessfulone.Asamemberofthesmallgroupoflong-timeadvisorsandconsultants,whichincludedNYU'sMorrisKlineinmathematics,Harvard'sI.BernardCoheninthehistoryofscience,andMIT'sJ.P.DenHartoginengineering,Martin'sadviceandeditorialsuggestionsintheformative1950shelpedtodefinetheDoverpublishingprogramandgiveitthepointofviewwhich—despitemanychanges,newdirections,andtheconsequencesofevolution—continuestobeoperativetoday.IntheAuthor'sOwnWords:
"Politicians,real-estateagents,used-carsalesmen,andadvertisingcopy-writersareexpectedtostretchfactsinself-servingdirections,butscientistswhofalsifytheirresultsareregardedbytheirpeersascommittinganinexcusablecrime.Yetthesadfactisthatthehistoryofscienceswarmswithcasesofoutrightfakeryandinstancesofscientistswhounconsciouslydistortedtheirworkbyseeingitthroughlensesofpassionatelyheldbeliefs.""Asurprisingproportionofmathematiciansareaccomplishedmusicians.Isitbecausemusicandmathematicssharepatternsthatarebeautiful?"—MartinGardner,,

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Dover Recreational Math

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