The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems [Signed]

Gardner, Martin; Dana Richards [ed]

ISBN 10: 0393061140 / ISBN 13: 9780393061147

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York and London, 2006

24 x 18.5 cm. Octavo. 494pp. Hardcover copy in dust jacket. This copy is signed by Martin Gardner on a bookplate affixed to the half title page. First edition with number line beginning in 1. Two tiny bumps to bottom of boards. Seller Inventory # 76247

Synopsis:

For more than twenty-five years, Martin Gardner was Scientific American's renowned provocateur of popular math. His yearly gatherings of short and inventive problems were easily his most anticipated math columns. Loyal readers would savor the wit and elegance of his explorations in physics, probability, topology, and chess, among others. Grouped by subject and arrayed from easiest to hardest, the puzzles gathered here, which complement the lengthier, more involved problems in The Colossal Book of Mathematics, have been selected by Gardner for their illuminating; and often bewildering; solutions. Filled with over 300 illustrations, this new volume even contains nine new mathematical gems that Gardner, now ninety, has been gathering for the last decade. No amateur or expert math lover should be without this indispensable volume; a capstone to Gardner's seventy-year career.

About the Author: Martin Gardner (1914-2010) is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on Lewis Carroll and his work. The author of more than a hundred books, he wrote the "Mathematical Games" column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and has been hailed by Douglas Hofstadter as "one of the great intellects produced in this country in this century."

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York and London
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First edition.