The Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications by Martin Gardner (PDF)

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Of all of Martin Gardners writings, none gained him a wider audience or was more central to his reputation than his Mathematical Recreations column in Scientific American – which virtually defined the genre of popular mathematics writing for a generation. Flatland, Hydras and Eggs: Mathematical Mystifications is the final collection of these columns, covering the period roughly from 1979 to Gardners retirement in 1986. As always in his published collections, Gardner includes letters commenting on the ideas presented in his articles. These columns show him at the top of his form and should not be missed by anyone with an interest in mathematics.

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Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Not quite right in its account of the tabulation of 11-crossing knots, the book is an entertaining romp through the world of mathematics, wholly satisfactory for recreational purposes.

⭐Reading this takes me back to time spent in my school’s library poring over Gardner’s columns in Scientific American. Several of the columns in this book I first read as a nerdy 14 year old and was staggered then (as I am now) by the elegance and beauty of the ideas they contained. Now I read it with a far greater appreciation of the problems and ideas expressed, but that doesn’t compare with the sheer sense of wonder I experienced first time around.

⭐I have long enjoyed reading Martin Gardner’s books for their content of entertaining mathematical puzzles. Unfortunately, this volume is not as entertaining as the earlier books. The book takes thoroughness to the extreme, beating every issue to death and hence reading more like a textbook than a puzzle book. Further there is little diversity in topics – most chapters come from number theory or topology. Still you will find some interesting problems in this one: flatland, cannibals, taxicab geometry, checkers, the pigeonhole, and non-Euclidean geometry. Just don’t plan to read everything or you will end up bogged down.

⭐Martin Gardner es siempre interesante. Para los aficionados a los problemas de matemática recreativa es un autor fundamental. Periódicamnete vuelvo a leer sus obras..

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