A lifetime of puzzles : a collection of puzzles in honor of Martin Gardner's 90th birthday / edited by Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Tom Rodgers.

Contributor Demaine, Martin L., 1942-

Imprint:Wellesley, Mass. : A K Peters, c2008.

Descriptionx, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:I. Cast a spell. Martin Gardner and his influence on magic / Christopher Morgan -- Martin Gardner-Encore! / M. O'Snart -- Low-Down triple dealing / Colm Mulcahy -- Products of universal cycles / Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham -- II. In hindsight. Tanagram : the world's first puzzle craze / Jerry Slocum -- De Viribus Quantitatis by Luca Pacioli : the first recreational mathematics book / David Singmaster -- Magic and card tricks in Luca Paciolo's De Viribus Quantitatis / Vanni Bossi -- III. Move it. Railway mazes / Rodger Penrose -- Mechanical mazes / M. Oskar van Deventer -- Insanity puzzles : instant and on-the-spot / Rik van Grol -- The adventures of Ant Alice / Peter WinklerIV. Fitting in. Simplicity / Stewart Coffin -- Extreme puzzles / Frans de Vreugd -- Satterfield's tomb / David A. Klarner and Wade Satterfield, edited by Thane E. Plambeck -- Computer-assisted seashell mosaics / Ken Knowlton -- V. Speak to me. Memories and inconsistencies / Raymond Smullyan -- A bouquet for gardner / Jeremiah Farrell and Tom Rodgers -- NetWords : a fascinating new pencil-paper game / Mamikon Mnatsakanian, Gwen Roberts, and Martin Gardner -- The Wizard is always in / James Randi -- VI. Making arrangements. Symmetric graphs in mathematical puzzles / Ed Pegg Jr -- Martin Gardner and ticktacktoe / Solomon W. Golomb -- Scheduling tennis doubles competitions / Richard I. Hess -- When multiplication mixes up digits / David Wolfe -- Magic, antimagic, and talisman squares / Rodolfo Kurchan.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.

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