MATHEMATICAL CIRCUS by Martin Gardner w/puzzles from Scientific American. New pb

MATHEMATICAL CIRCUS by Martin Gardner A new array of mathematical entertainments from Scientific American Optical illusions! Solar system oddities! Games. puzzles, paradoxes! With... > Thoughts from readers > Afterthoughts from the author > 105 drawings and diagrams 20 Chapters 273 pages Full bibliography First Edition, Vintage Books, a Division of Random House, New York Back cover: Another lively selection of puzzles and paradoxes, games and entertainments of every kind from Scientific American. Among the pleasures that await the reader are The Ghost Penny, The Floating Hot Dog, Elegant Triangles, The Rotating Round Table, and many, many more. In addition, Martin Gardner, America's Number 1 creator of mathematical entertainments, includes questions, answers, helpful addenda, responses his readers, and a running commentary explaining the relevance of these problems to the realm of mathematics. One of the outstanding characteristics of this book is that Garner has selected tricks that lead effortlessly to significant mathematical ideas. Thus, Mathematical Circus is not only lots of fun, but a practical guide to modern mathematics as well.