Since the publication of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, the discovery of such astronomical phenomena as quasars, pulsars, and black holes - all intimately connected to relativity - has provoked a tremendous upsurge of interest in the subject. This volume, a revised version of Martin Gardner's earlier Relativity for the Million, brings this fascinating topic up to date. Witty, perceptive, and easily accessible to the general reader,...

3) Mathematics, magic and mystery

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Dover Publications

Pub. Date

[1956]

Language

English

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Why do card tricks work? How can magicians do astonishing feats of mathematics mentally? Why do stage "mind-reading" tricks work? As a rule, we simply accept these tricks and "magic" without recognizing that they are really demonstrations of strict laws based on probability, sets, number theory, topology, and other branches of mathematics. This is the first book-length study of this fascinating branch of recreational mathematics. Written by one of...

4) My best mathematical and logic puzzles

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Dover

Pub. Date

1994.

Language

English

Description

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

5) Martin Gardner's table magic

Author

Gardner, Martin

Series

Dover books on magic

Publisher

Dover Publications

Pub. Date

1998.

Language

English

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Excellent guide to dozens of mystifying acts of deception provides aspiring magicians with all the information they need to perform professional-quality tricks. Step-by-step instructions and nearly 200 easy-to-follow diagrams show how to make cards vanish and reappear, get coins to pass through solid objects, make articles mysteriously travel from one location to another, more.

6) The hunting of the snark: an agony, in eight fits

Author

Carroll, Lewis

Series

Mint Editions
Penguin classics

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Graphic Novel

Description

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Hunting a snark is a dangerous thing, as many people find out.

7) The new ambidextrous universe: symmetry and asymmetry from mirror reflections to superstrings

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

W.H. Freeman

Pub. Date

[1990]

Language

English

8) Perplexing puzzles and tantalizing teasers

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Dover Publications

Pub. Date

1988.

Language

English

Description

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"Combines two previously published works, resulting in ninety-three brain-teasing puzzles, riddles, and questions with an emphasis on humor." --

9) The colossal book of mathematics: classic puzzles, paradoxes, and problems : number theory, algebra, geometry, probability, topology, game theory, infinity, and other topics of recreational mathematics

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Norton

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

10) Classic brainteasers

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Sterling Pub. Co

Pub. Date

1994.

Language

English

11) Smart science tricks

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Sterling Pub. Co

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

Description

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Relying on the remarkable forces of science and nature, this material offers great ideas for performing illusions, magic tricks, and experiments.

12) Did Adam and Eve have navels?: discourses on reflexology, numerology, urine therapy and other dubious subjects

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

W.W. Norton

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

13) The healing revelations of Mary Baker Eddy: the rise and fall of Christian Science

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Prometheus Books

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

14) The universe in a handkerchief: Lewis Carroll's mathematical recreations, games, puzzles, and word plays

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Copernicus Books

Pub. Date

[1996]

Language

English

15) El escarabajo sagrado y otros grandes ensayos sobre la ciencia

Author

Gardner, Martin

Series

Biblioteca Científica Salvat ; 41, 42

Publisher

Salvat

Pub. Date

1986.

Language

Español

16) The 2nd Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions, a new selection

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Pub. Date

1961.

Language

English

17) The night is large: collected essays, 1938-1995

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

1996.

Language

English

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The seven-decade-long sweep of Martin Gardner's career is one of the most extraordinary in the history of twentieth-century thought. A gentle muse, Gardner began publishing articles on philosophy, literature, science, and mathematics in the late 1930s, while at the University of Chicago. He has since become one of America's most prolific and accomplished writers, tackling seemingly unanswerable questions from quantum physics to the existence of God....