Mathematical Circus: More Games, Puzzles, Paradoxes and Other Mathematical Entertainments from "Scientific American" (Spectrum) (Penguin Press Science S.) (Pelican S.)

by Martin Gardner

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The twenty chapters of this book are nicely balanced between all sorts of stimulating ideas, suggested by down-to-earth objects like match sticks and dollar bills as well as by faraway objects like planets and infinite random walks. We learn about ancient devices for arithmetic and about modern explanations of artificial intelligence. There are feasts here for the eyes and hands as well as for the brain.
  • ISBN10 014022355X
  • ISBN13 9780140223552
  • Publish Date 19 November 1981 (first published 1 January 1979)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 6 December 1991
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 288
  • Language English