Mathematics, Magic and Mystery (Dover Math Games & Puzzles)

Name: Mathematics, Magic and Mystery (Dover Math Games & Puzzles)
Rating: 4.19 (128 reviews)
Author: Gardner, Martin
ISBN: 9780486203355

Gardner, Martin

128 ratings by Goodreads

Language: English

Published by Dover Publications, 1956

0486203352 / 9780486203355

Series: Book 9 of 14 - Dover Recreational Math

Softcover
Used

See all details

Seller: Miranda Books & Ephemera, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.Miranda Books & Ephemera

5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since September 29, 2023

View this seller's items

Softcover

Condition: Used - Fine

£ 7.75

£ 3.38 shipping

Ships within U.S.A.

Quantity: 1 available

Add to basket

Free 30-day returns

Save for laterCreate a Want for similar items

Item description from seller

NEAR FINE. Very mild edge wear to cover. Cover free of sunning, rips, and tears. Binding tight and square, no loose pages. Spine free of stress and creasing -- appears unread. Interior is bright and clean. Unmarked on inspection.

Seller Inventory # 2601080011

Contact seller about this item

Report this item

Title: Mathematics, Magic and Mystery (Dover Math Games & Puzzles)
Author: Gardner, Martin
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication year: 1956
Condition: Fine
Binding: Softcover
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0486203352
ISBN 13: 9780486203355
Item weight: 15 ounces
Dimensions: 4x0x7
Series: Book 9 of 14: Dover Recreational Math
Seller catalogs: Math

About the Author

Martin Gardner was a renowned author who published over 70 books on subjects from science and math to poetry and religion. He also had a lifelong passion for magic tricks and puzzles. Well known for his mathematical games column in Scientific American and his "Trick of the Month" in Physics Teacher magazine, Gardner attracted a loyal following with his intelligence, wit, and imagination. Martin Gardner: A Remembrance The worldwide mathematical community was saddened by the death of Martin Gardner on May 22, 2010. Martin was 95 years old when he died, and had written 70 or 80 books during his long lifetime as an author. Martin's first Dover books were published in 1956 and 1957: Mathematics, Magic and Mystery, one of the first popular books on the intellectual excitement of mathematics to reach a wide audience, and Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, certainly one of the first popular books to cast a devastatingly skeptical eye on the claims of pseudoscience and the many guises in which the modern world has given rise to it. Both of these pioneering books are still in print with Dover today along with more than a dozen other titles of Martin's books. They run the gamut from his elementary Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing, which has been enjoyed by generations of younger readers since the 1980s, to the more demanding The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings, which Dover published in its final revised form in 2005. To those of us who have been associated with Dover for a long time, however, Martin was more than an author, albeit a remarkably popular and successful one. As a member of the small group of long-time advisors and consultants, which included NYU's Morris Kline in mathematics, Harvard's I. Bernard Cohen in the history of science, and MIT's J. P. Den Hartog in engineering, Martin's advice and editorial suggestions in the formative 1950s helped to define the Dover publishing program and give it the point of view which ― despite many changes, new directions, and the consequences of evolution ― continues to be operative today. In the Author's Own Words: "Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded by their peers as committing an inexcusable crime. Yet the sad fact is that the history of science swarms with cases of outright fakery and instances of scientists who unconsciously distorted their work by seeing it through lenses of passionately held beliefs." "A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?" ― Martin Gardner

"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Miranda Books & Ephemera

Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.

5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since September 29, 2023

Shipping rates within U.S.A.

Item	4 to 8 business days	3 to 6 business days
First item	£ 3.38	£ 12.05

Delivery times are set by sellers and vary by carrier and location. Orders passing through Customs may face delays and buyers are responsible for any associated duties or fees. Sellers may contact you regarding additional charges to cover any increased costs to ship your items.

Payment methods

Store description

We primarily sell English-language general fiction and non-fiction books.

Specialty

General Fiction & Nonfiction

Seller's business information

Miranda Design Studio, Inc.

281 Main Street
Easthampton, MA U.S.A. 01027

Contact sellerView this seller's itemsView seller's storefront

Right of withdrawal

If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.

Information regarding the right of withdrawal

Statutory right to withdraw

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.

The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.

To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.

To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.

Effects of withdrawal

If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).

We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.

We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.

We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.

We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.

You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Miranda Books & Ephemera, Easthampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.

Exceptions to the right of withdrawal

The right of withdrawal does not apply to:

The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.