Tribute to a mathemagician / edited by Barry Cipra ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cipra, Barry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical recreations.

Physical Description:

xli, 262 p. : ill. (some col.).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Wellesley, Mass. : A K Peters, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The tradition of a publication based on the Gathering for Gardner continues with this new carefully selected and edited collection in which Martin Gardner and friends inspire and entertain. The contributors to this volume---virtually a list of Who's Who in the World of Puzzles---trace their inspiration to Martin Gardner's puzzle column in Scientific American and to his contributions to the world of recreational mathematics. Tribute to a Mathemagician contains an author index for the two previous books in the collection of books based on the Gatherings for Gardner. Sample puzzles and games include: - Tripos - Black Jack - Chinese ceramic puzzle vessels - Paper folding - Mongolian interlocking puzzles - Rolling block puzzles - Sliding puzzles - Cryptic crosswords - The Panex puzzle - Polyonimo puzzles - and more"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

part Part I Braintreasures

chapter Chinese Ceramic Puzzle Vessels / Norman L. Sand?eld

chapter Mongolian Interlocking Puzzles / Jerry Slocum and Frans de Vreugd

part Part II Brainticklers

chapter Fold-and-Cut Magic / Erik D. Demaine

chapter The Three-Legged Hourglass / M. Oskar van Deventer

chapter The Incredible Swimmer Puzzle / Stewart Co?n

chapter The Butler University Game / Rebecca G. Wahl

chapter Vive Recreational Mathematics / Underwood Dudley

chapter Go¨delian Puzzles Raymond Smullyan

part Part III Brainteasers

chapter A Bouquet of Brainteasers / Chris Maslanka

chapter Sliding-Coin Puzzles / Erik D. Demaine

chapter Underspeci?ed Puzzles / David Wolfe

chapter A Cryptic Crossword Puzzle in Honor of Martin Gardner / Robert A. Hearn

chapter Absolute Martin / J. Carey Lauder

part Part IV Braintempters

chapter A History of the Ten-Square

chapter Con?guration Games / Jeremiah Farrell

chapter BlackJack Stacks Harold Cataquet

chapter 5 Five Algorithmic Puzzles / Peter Winkler.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-018729-3

0-429-06286-9

1-4398-6479-9

9780429062865

OCLC:

922955577