Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles |  | Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Dover Publications
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ISBN: 0486252116
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Publication Date: October 1, 1986
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Only an elementary knowledge of math is needed to enjoy this entertaining compilation of brain-teasers. It includes a mixture of old and new riddles covering a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles and more. Carefully explained solutions follow each problem. 65 black-and-white illustrations.
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 The best puzzles from the best puzzler June 1, 2009
Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
No one outdoes Martin Gardner in writing about mathematics in an understandable way. He is also a very modest and helpful man, in my communications with him he has always been willing to give credit to others, sometimes when it seemed clear that it was his.
This book contains some of the best puzzles that Gardner has encountered and of course, he describes them in his own clear style that makes them so easy to understand. Solutions are included; the level of difficulty is such that the middle school student will be able to follow them. Many of them are of the "Aha!" variety, where the solution is obvious once you encounter it.
Entertaining yet informative January 21, 2009
Mark II (Hong Kong SAR, China)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gardner's work is always a delight to read, and this is not an exception. The problems are fun yet manageable, therefore are good exercises when one needs some simple yet truly insightful ideas about how the world functions on the mathematical level. I spent one spring break from college devoting my time to solving the problems in this book alone, and it proved to be worthwhile as it provided me with some interesting facts of science, challenged me in a way that I did not feel "threatened", while gave me an opportunity to just pick up a pencil and a piece of paper to relax. The problems are short and are categorized by field so you will have some basic idea about the background.
 Mathematical problems for the Beginner January 11, 2009
Passek (MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book introduces mathematical puzzles in very respectable way. Though the puzzles are really mathematical puzzles and the attached solutions explain the essential concepts, you don't need to know lots of knowledge to solve them.
However, if you have already read other Martin Gardner's book or mathematical puzzle books, I do not recommend this book. These puzzles are very common and easy kind of ones.
Entertaining and illustrative Puzzles for the Beginner July 18, 2006
David De Sousa
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
"Entertaining mathematical puzzles" by Martin Gartner is collection of rather easy math puzzles of diverse mathematical topics. Only an elementary knowledge of math and the will to resist looking up the answers before completing the problems.
Clear and concise comments at the beginning of each section explain the nature and importance of the math needed to solve each puzzle. A carefully explained solution follows each problem. In many cases, all that is needed to solve a problem is the ability to think logically and clearly, to be on the alert for surprising angles or hidden factors.
Here is an example of what you can find inside this book:
"If three cats catch three rats in three minutes, how many cats will catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?"
If you like more challenging pure mathematical teasers and puzzles, you may want to try "Challenging mathematical teasers" by J. A. H. Hunter.
The evergreen Martin Gardner October 31, 2005
Dr. Alfred Mustachi
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
As most of Martin Gardner's books, this is an enchanting
collection of puzzles. No author has done a better job at popularizing and illustrating the beauty of mathematics.
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