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The Last Recreations

Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications

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  • © 1997

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  1. Martin Gardner
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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Wonders of a Planiverse

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 1-25

  3. Bulgarian Solitaire and Other Seemingly Endless Tasks

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 27-43

  4. Fun with Eggs

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 45-58

  5. Fun with Eggs

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 59-65

  6. The Topology of Knots

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 67-84

  7. M-Pire Maps

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 85-100

  8. Directed Graphs and Cannibals

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 101-120

  9. Dinner Guests, Schoolgirls, and Handcuffed Prisoners

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 121-138

  10. The Monster and Other Sporadic Groups

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 139-157

  11. Taxicab Geometry

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 159-175

  12. The Power of the Pigeonhole

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 177-190

  13. Strong Laws of Small Primes

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 191-205

  14. Checker Recreations

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 207-220

  15. Checker Recreations

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 221-232

  16. Modulo Arithmetic and Hummer’s Wicked Witch

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 233-245

  17. Lavinia Seeks a Room and Other Problems

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 247-266

  18. The Symmetry Creations of Scott Kim

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 267-284

  19. Parabolas

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 285-301

  20. Non-Euclidean Geometry

    • Martin Gardner
    Pages 303-315
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About this book

Of all of Martin Gardner's writings, none gained him a wider audience or was more central to his reputation than his Mathematical Recreations column in "Scientific American", which virtually defined the genre of popular mathematics writing for a generation. Flatland, Hydras and Eggs: Mathematical Mystifications will be the final collection of these columns, covering a period roughly from 1979 to Gardner's retirement as a regular columnist in 1986. The notable trend over Gardner's career is the increasing sophistication of the mathematics he has been able to translate into his famously lucid prose. These columns show him at the top of his form and are not to be missed by anyone with an interest in mathematics. As always in his published collections, Gardner includes letters received from mathematicians and other commenting on the ideas presented in the columns.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Last Recreations

  • Book Subtitle: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications

  • Authors: Martin Gardner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30389-5

  • Publisher: Copernicus New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-25827-0Published: 28 February 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-30389-5Published: 15 December 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 392

  • Topics: Mathematics, general

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