Tribute to a Mathemagician

Tribute to a Mathemagician by Barry Cipra (Editor), Erik Demaine (Editor), Martin Demaine (Editor), Tom Rodgers (Editor)
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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

Details

ISBN: 978-1-56881-204-5
Year: 2004
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 350

Reviews

Zentralblatt MATH (PDF)

February 2009

“This is a very worthy book for those who enjoy mathematical recreations, magic tricks, and puzzles.”

Math Horizons (PDF)

February 2008

“I highly recommend this book to anyone who already knows how truly fun it can be to do mathematics and also to those who have yet to discover it.”

The Mathematical Gazette (PDF)

November 2006

“This is a fascinating book, truly in the spirit of Gardner’s style and contains much that is new … I highly recommend it both for your own personal library and the school library.”

A PUZZLE MAKERS' GATHERING IS A REVEL IN LIFE'S PARADOXES (External Link)

April 2006

“… even well-known puzzles retain their power, as was made clear again and again last month at the seventh ”Gathering for Gardner.“ These conferences of mathematicians, puzzlers, game-players and magicians at the Ritz-Carlton here began as personal tributes to Martin Gardner, Scientific American’s legendary Mathematical Games columnist, and now take place without the master’s presence (he is 91). During four days of talks and tricks, the oldest puzzles mixed freely with the newest.”

Mathematics Teacher (PDF)

September 2005

“This attractive, advanced sampling introduces recent developments and some key personalities and significant browsing for the teacher, with potential to spark and nurture student growth.”

EMS Newsletter (PDF)

June 2005

“This is a wonderful book of puzzles and other pieces of recreational mathematics…”

Mathematical Reviews (PDF)

March 2005

“The ingenuity and depth of mathematics represented in this collection is impressive.”

Reviewer's Bookwatch (PDF)

March 2005

“Tribute to a Mathematician is a ’must’ for dedicated puzzle enthusiasts, mathematicians, and gaming enthusiasts of all kinds and categories!”

Mathematics Teacher (PDF)

July 2003

“With its rich diversity of material, this book could be used to challenge students from ages 10 to 100.”

Mathematical Reviews (PDF)

July 2003

“This volume is a tribute to the human ingenuity that creates new and tantalizing conundrums, drawing on interesting mathematics and generating challenging unsolved problems.” - E.J. Barbeau