Martin Gardner - The Unexpected Hanging and Other Mathematical Diversions
Published: 1991-11-01 | ISBN: 0226282562 | PDF | 264 pages | 7 MB
Seasoned with Gardner's interest in the history and philosophy of science, this delightful book is a treasure-trove of puzzles, anecdotes, games, and logical theory. These intriguing problems, collected from Gardner's Scientific American columns, involve knots, interlocking rings, rotations and reflections, logical paradox, two-dimensional universes, chess strategies, and gambling odds.