Fractal Music, Hypercards and More...: Mathematical Recreations from ${textit Scientific}$ ${textit American}$ MagazineMartin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This is the original 1992 edition and contains columns published from 1978-1979. |
Contents
Chapter Two The Tinkly Temple Bells | 24 |
Chapter Three Mathematical Zoo | 39 |
Chapter Four Charles Sanders Peirce | 61 |
Chapter Five Twisted Prismatic Rings | 76 |
Chapter Six The Thirty Color Cubes | 88 |
Chapter Seven Egyptian Fractions | 100 |
Chapter Eight Minimal Sculpture | 110 |
Chapter Nine Minimal Sculpture II | 133 |
Chapter Thirteen Generalized Ticktacktoe | 202 |
Chapter Fourteen Psychic Wonders and Probability | 214 |
Chapter Fifteen Mathematical Chess Problems | 228 |
Chapter Seventeen Imaginary Numbers | 257 |
Chapter Nineteen More on Poetry | 281 |
Chapter Twenty Packing Squares | 289 |
Chapter TwentyOne Chaitins Omega | 307 |
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