The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems

图书标准信息

• 作者 Martin Gardner 著；Dana Richards 编
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2005-11
• ISBN 9780393061147
• 定价 344.30元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 704页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Formorethantwenty-fiveyears,MartinGardnerwasScientificAmerican'srenownedprovocateurofpopularmathematics.Hisyearlygatheringsofshortandinventiveproblemswereeasilyhismostanticipatedmathscolumns.Loyalreaderswouldsavourthewitandeleganceofhisexplorationsinphysics,probability,topologyandchess,amongothers.Groupedbysubjectandarrangedfromeasiesttohardest,thepuzzlesgatheredherehavebeenselectedbyGardnerfortheirilluminating-andoftenbewildering-solutions.Filledwithover300illustrations,thisnewvolumecontainsninenewmathematicalgemsthatGardner,nowninety,hasbeengatheringforthelastdecade.Noamateurorexpertmathematicslovershouldbewithoutthisindispensablevolume.

【作者简介】

MartinGardneristheauthorofmorethanseventybooks,includingAreUniversesThickerthanBlackberries?andDidAdamandEvehaveNavels?(bothavailablefromNorton).