Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: code, breaking, skills, test, writing, ciphers, secret, codes
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1984-10-01
List price: $4.95
ISBN-10: 0486247619
ISBN-13: 9780486247618

Experiment with cryptography—the science of secret writing. Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks...even invisible writing and sending messages through outer space. Hours of intrigue and challenge. 45 diagrams.

Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: book, puzzles, games, american, scientific, mathematical, diversions, first, hexaflexagons
Number of Pages: 213
Published: 1988-09-15
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0226282546
ISBN-13: 9780226282541

These clearly and cleverly presented mathematical recreations of paradoxes and paperfolding, Moebius variations and mnemonics both ancient and modern delight and perplex while demonstating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other mathematical fields. "A classic."--Andrew Rothery, Times Education Supplement "Martin Gardner has turned a trick as neat as any in the book itself. He has selected a group of diversions which are not only entertaining but mathematically meaningful as well. The result is a work which is rewarding on almost every level of mathematical achievement."--Miriam

Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America
Keywords: matrix, spectrum, return, ciphers, tiles, trapdoor, penrose
Number of Pages: 329
Published: 1997-07-24
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0883855216
ISBN-13: 9780883855218

Here is another collection drawn from Martin Gardner’s ’Mathematical Games’ column in Scientific American. Each chapter explores a different theme, for example fractals, surreal numbers, the sculptures of Berrocal, tiling the plane, Ramsey theory and code breaking, all combining to create a rich diet of recreational mathematics. Most chapters can be readily understood by the uninitiated: at each turn there are challenges for the reader and a wealth of references for further reading. Gardner’s clarity of style and ability systematically to simplify the complex make this

Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company
Keywords: bewilderments, mathematical, travel, time
Number of Pages: 295
Published: 1987-08-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0716719258
ISBN-13: 9780716719250

Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: logic, puzzles, amp, math, mathematical
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1994-11-01
List price: $4.95
ISBN-10: 0486281523
ISBN-13: 9780486281520

Noted expert selects 70 "short" puzzles. The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and 67 more. Solutions included.

Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: explained, simply, relativity
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1997-03-06
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0486293157
ISBN-13: 9780486293158

One of the clearest, most entertaining introductions to the subject ever written offers lucid explanations of not only the special and general theories of relativity, but also of the Michelson-Morley experiment, gravity and spacetime, Mach’s principle, the twin paradox, models of the universe and other topics. "...by far the best layman’s account of this difficult subject."—Christian Science Monitor. 100 two-color illustrations.

Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: magic, coins, cards, mystery, mathematics
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1956-06-01
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 0486203352
ISBN-13: 9780486203355

Famed puzzle expert explains math behind a multitude of mystifying tricks: card tricks, stage "mind reading," coin and match tricks, counting out games, geometric dissections, etc. Probability, sets, theory of numbers clearly explained. Also, more than 400 tricks, guaranteed to work, that you can do. 135 illustrations.