Book:Martin Gardner/Mathematical Circus
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Martin Gardner: Mathematical Circus
Published $\text {1979}$, Penguin
- ISBN 0-14-013478-6
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Optical Illusions
- 2. Matches
- 3. Spheres and Hyperspheres
- 4. Patterns of Induction
- 5. Elegant Triangles
- 6. Random Walks and Gambling
- 7. Random Walks on the Plane and in Space
- 8. Boolean Algebra
- 9. Can Machines Think?
- 10. Cyclic Numbers
- 11. Eccentric Chess and Other Problems
- 12. Dominoes
- 13. Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers
- 14. Simplicity
- 15. The Rotating Round Table and Other Problems
- 16. Solar System Oddities
- 17. Mascheroni Constructions
- 18. The Abacus
- 19. Palindromes: Words and Numbers
- 20. Dollar Bills
- Bibliography