Puzzlers' Tribute: A Feast for the Mind

This second collection of interesting mathematical puzzles continues the tribute to Martin Gardner, who has provided us with original puzzles and puzzling stories ever since he created and produced the "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American. The international community of puzzle enthusiasts has gathered once again to celebrate Martin Gardner's continued contribution and, most fittingly, has done so in kind, by providing new challenges to our inquiring minds. We proudly present this collection to the mathemagicians of the world for their enjoyment, as a playful provocation.

Preface	p. ix
A Playful Tribute	p. xii
In Memorium	p. xiii
A Greeting to Martin Gardner	p. xv
The Toast: Tributes	p. 1
Harry Eng: A Tribute	p. 3
The Eng Coin Vise	p. 7
David A. Klarner--A Memorial Tribute	p. 11
David Klarner's Pentacube Towers	p. 15
Some Reminiscences of David Klarner	p. 19
Just for the Mel of It	p. 21
Mel Stover	p. 29
The Stack of Quarters	p. 33
Tantalizing Appetizers: Challenges for the Reader	p. 35
Crostic in Honor of Martin Gardner	p. 37
A Clock Puzzle	p. 41
Three Problems	p. 43
A Scrub Tile Puzzle	p. 49
All Tied up in Naughts	p. 53
Jumping Cards	p. 59
Six Off-beat Chess Problems	p. 65
Four Squares for Squares	p. 69
Smoked Ham: A Course in Magic	p. 73
It's All about Astonishment	p. 75
Shooting Craps Today	p. 79
The Transcendental Knot	p. 83
The Brazilian Knot Trick	p. 91
Mental Match-up	p. 97
A Labyrinth in a Labyrinth	p. 103
Paradox Squares Force	p. 107
A Face in the Shadows	p. 111
A Card Vanishing in a Nut	p. 113
Casey at the Fox	p. 115
Sleight of Hand with Playing Cards prior to Scot's Discoverie	p. 119
Cubist Magic	p. 143
"Impossible" Foldings	p. 147
Chef's Caprice	p. 153
Coincidences	p. 155
The Bard and the Bible	p. 163
Inversions: Lettering with a Mathematical Twist	p. 167
All You Need Is Cards	p. 179
Calendrical Conundrums	p. 191
Two Poems	p. 205
Wild Game (and Puzzles)	p. 207
What Makes the Puzzler Tick?	p. 209
Diabolical Puzzles from Japan	p. 213
How to Outwit the Parity	p. 221
Inflated Pentominoes	p. 227
Pixel Polyominoes	p. 233
Pythagorean Puzzle	p. 235
Classic Six-Piece Burr Puzzle	p. 239
A Classification of Burrs	p. 245
Paving Mazes	p. 253
Early Japanese Export Puzzles: 1860s to 1960s	p. 257
Interlocking Spirals	p. 273
The Partridge Puzzles	p. 277
Mathematical Entrees	p. 283
Fermat's Last Theorem and the Fourth Dimension	p. 285
Games People Don't Play	p. 301
Mathematical Chats Between Two Physicists	p. 315
How Flies Fly: The Curvature and Torsion of Space Curves	p. 327
Some Tricks and Paradoxes	p. 341
Mathematical Treats	p. 349
How Recreational Mathematics Can Save the World	p. 351
Variations on a Transcendental Theme	p. 361
Magic "Squares" Indeed!	p. 365
The Beer Bottles Problem	p. 373
The Fractal Society	p. 377
Four Games for Gardner	p. 383
The Sol LeWitt Puzzle: A Problem in 16 Squares	p. 387
Sum-Free Games	p. 395
Shadows and Plugs	p. 399
A Neglected Trigonometric Gem	p. 403
Kotani's Ant Problem	p. 407
Y2K Problem of Dominoes and Tatami Carpeting	p. 413
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