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Riddles of the sphinx

By Martin Gardner

Book information

Publisher
Mathematical Association of America
Year
1987
ISBN
9780883856321, 0883856328
ASIN
1
LCC
QA95 .G299 1987
Open Library ID
OL2412016M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1864174 bytes)
Series
New Mathematical Library
Pages
174\174
Library
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DPI
300
Time added
2009-10-26 15:40:52

Description

Martin Gardner begins Riddles with questions about splitting up polygons into prescribed shapes and he ends this book with an offer of a prize of $100 for the first person to send him a 3 x# magic square consisting of consecutive primes. Only Gardner could fit so many diverse and tantalizing problems into one book. This material was drawn from Gardner's column in Issac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. His riddles presented here incorporate the responses of his initial readers, along with additions suggested by the editors of this series. In this book, Gardner draws us from questions to answers, always presenting us with new riddles- some as yet unanswered. Solving these riddles is not simply a matter of logic and calculation, though these play a role. Luck and inspiration are factors as well., so beginners and experts alike may profiably exercise their wits on Gardner's problems, whose subjects range from geometry to word play to questions relating to physics and geology. We guarantee that you will solve some of these riddles, be stumped by others, and be amused by almost all of the stories and settings that Gardner has devised to raise these questions.

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