My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Math & Logic Puzzles)

Noted expert selects 70 "short" puzzles. The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and 67 more. Solutions included.

Price Range:$0.25 to $4.95 | 4 stores
Product Rating:

11 Reviews
Info:
Set Price Alert Save to Wish List

Write a product review

ProductReviews

1-10 out of 11

From: Amazon
Posted: Aug-25-2008

Don't waste your money

While the puzzles are intriguing and thought-provoking, the solutions don't explain how the answers were reached. I was highly disappointed.

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

From: Amazon
Posted: May-09-2008

Great bathroom reading!

Very nice. I like the old-fashioned approach (I think the author has been writing books like this since the 1960s) and the problems are interesting and varied; most of them you can do in your head (hence an ideal "bathroom book") but some do make you break out the pencil and paper just to...

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

From: Amazon
Posted: Oct-18-2007

Good for warming up your brain.

Nice collection of puzzles with varying difficulties, which do not require any special knowledge of mathematics.

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

From: Amazon
Posted: Jul-19-2006

The best compilation from Martin Gardner's Scientific American mathematical games column

"My best mathematical and logic puzzles" presents 70 of the best of the brain teaser that Martin Gardner published over a period of 25 years in his Mathematical games column at Scientific American. It some cases references to new developments related with specific puzzles have been added.Martin...

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

From: Amazon
Posted: Apr-26-2004

The best of one of the best

Martin Gardner is the grand old man of puzzles and recreational mathematics. I recommend this book for intermediary and advanced puzzle enthusiasts - beginners might find some of these too challenging.Intermediary puzzlists will find the pleasures of often working at the upper edge of their...

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

From: Amazon
Posted: Mar-26-2001

Puzzles requiring intermediate mathematical skills

Marvelous book. I found it better than many books but my friends, who were not that conversant with intermediate mathematics did not like it much. Though this book doesn't require a knowledge of calculus, people who have this level might appreciate the book more. But it has more to do with...

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

From: Amazon
Posted: Aug-16-2000

A Question

I just had to question this - the book is rated at a reading level for 4 - 8 year olds, but some of the reviewers mention going on technical interviews and keeping track of columns in Scientific America over a number of years?

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

From: Amazon
Posted: Jun-05-2000

Great collection of what it says it is: prepublished puzzles

This is a great collection of puzzles from the Master Of It All. However, the book is exactly what is says it is: It is a collection of Martin Gardner's puzzles previously published in Scientific America. That means if you have followed Gardner's column over the years, you will have seen...

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

From: Amazon
Posted: May-23-2000

A great collection of diverse puzzles

I have accumulated quite a few puzzle books and was never fully satisfied with any of them until I heard about Martin Gardner and decided to pick up one his books. The puzzles are diverse, ranging from word problems to geometry problems.The solutions given are very complete and actually take...

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

From: Amazon
Posted: Apr-04-1999

A Splendid Collection From The Master

This is a fascinating collection of puzzles from the master of mathemagics. It's clear and undeniable: if you want the best in fun, challenging puzzles, buy anything written by Gardner or his heir apparent, Terry Stickels. You can't go wrong!!!

Read full review | Report as inappropriate

Write a product review

1 2 Next