Tribute To A Mathemagician

The tradition of a publication based on the Gathering for Gardner continues with this new carefully selected and edited collection in which Martin Gardner and friends inspire and entertain. The contributors to this volume---virtually a list of Who's Who in the World of Puzzles---trace their inspiration to Martin Gardner's puzzle column in Scientific American and to his contributions to the world of recreational mathematics. Tribute to a Mathemagician contains an author index for the two previous books in the collection of books based on the Gatherings for Gardner. Sample puzzles and games include:Tripos, Black Jack, Chinese ceramic puzzle vessels, Paper folding, Mongolian interlocking puzzles, Rolling block puzzles, Sliding puzzles, Cryptic crosswords, The Panex puzzle, Polyonimo puzzles, and more.