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The Colossal Book of Short
Puzzles and Problems by Martin Gardner. |
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Another big collection of Martin
Gardner's puzzles. It directly complements his previous
compendium,
The Colossal Book of Mathematics, and these two
volumes together make the most astounding, two-book
series in the recreational mathematics.
For this puzzle collection Martin Gardner chose 340
brightest puzzle gems, published in his legendary
Mathematical Games column run in
Scientific American for
twenty-five years.
They are grouped into four big sections: combinatorial
and numerical problems; geometric puzzles; algorithmic
puzzles and games; and other puzzles. Also, Martin
Gardner added a dozen new puzzles not previously
published in his column. Within each section puzzles go
from simple through moderate to difficult. The main
specific of this collection is that each puzzle is
provided with very detailed answer and explanation which
show to the solver all steps leading to the right (and
always bright!) solution.
The book is richly illustrated with over 300 detailed
illustration. Definitely, it is another must be for all
Gardner fans and all puzzlers.
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More details about the book:
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company, 2005;
Editor: Dana Richards;
ISBN: 0-393-06114-0; Hardcover; 512 pages; 9 1/2 x 7
1/8.
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The book is available at most of big book stores all
over the World, both virtual and real, such as
Amazon.com
or
Barnes & Noble. |
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