More Perplexing Puzzles & Tantalizing Teasers

by Martin Gardner, Laszlo Kubinyi (Illustrator)

Gardner, Martin

113 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Martin Gardner was an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, literature (especially the writings of Lewis Carroll), philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion. He wrote the Mathematical Games column in Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, and published over 70 books.

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s one of those books I read multiple times as a kid, then lost track of it for 50 years, then found it at the old home place. Some of those puzzles stuck in my brain all these years, and I’d think about them often. That’s good writing!