Displaying 1 of 1 1975 Format: Book Author: Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010. Title: Mathematical carnival : from penny puzzles, card shuffles and tricks of lightning calculators to roller coaster rides into the fourth dimension / Martin Gardner. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Knopf, 1975. Description: xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Subjects: Mathematical recreations. Genre: Puzzles and games. Notes: "A new roundup of tantalizers from Scientific American with elegant mathematical commentaries (and after thoughts) by Mr. Gardner, back talk from readers, and 115 pictures and diagrams." Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274). Contents: Sprouts and Brussels Sprouts -- Penny puzzles -- Aleph-null and Aleph-one -- Hypercubes -- Magic Stars and Polyhedrons -- Calculating Prodigies -- Tricks of Lightning Calculators -- The Art of M.C. Escher -- The Red-Faced Cube and other Problems -- Card Shuffles -- Mrs. Perkins' Quilt and Other Square-Packing Problems -- The Numerology of Dr. Fliess -- Random Numbers -- The Rising Hourglass and Other Physics Puzzles -- Pascal's Triangle -- Jam, Hot, and other Games -- Cooks and Quibble-cooks -- How to Trisect an Angle. LCCN: 75008208 ISBN: 0394494067 9780394494067 Other Number: 1363950 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 17115 # Local items in: 0 # System items in: 0 Call Number: 793.74 Gardner Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
