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# My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Dover Math Games & Puzzles)

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Sharpen your intellect! Put your analytical thinking to the test with these thought-provoking puzzles. Exercise your brain as you work through complex problems involving logic and basic math. Over a period of 25 years as author of the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American , Martin Gardner devoted a column every six months or so to short math problems or puzzles . He was especially careful to present new and unfamiliar puzzles that had not been included in such classic collections as those by Sam Loyd and Henry Dudeney. Later, these puzzles were published in book collections, incorporating reader feedback on alternate solutions or interesting generalizations. The present volume contains a rich selection of 70 of the best of these brain teasers , in some cases including references to new developments related to the puzzle. Now enthusiasts can challenge their solving skills and rattle their egos with such stimulating mind-benders as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, The Fork in the Road, Bronx vs. Brooklyn, Touching Cigarettes, and 64 other problems involving logic and basic math. Solutions are included. Over 25 years of experience! Martin Gardner has carefully crafted these puzzles, offering up the best brain teasers for Scientific American readers. Each has been tried, tested and improved upon with reader feedback over the years. Challenge yourself! Stimulate your mind and challenge your solving skills with 70 of Martin Gardner's favorite "short" puzzles involving logic and basic math. It's the perfect opportunity to improve your problem-solving skills, develop deductive reasoning, and strengthen your mental electrolytes. Stimulate creativity! Discover new ways of thinking about familiar concepts. Focus on creative solutions that lead to innovative ideas and get ready to unlock the secrets of mathematics and logic in a fun, inspiring way! Solutions included! Test yourself without worrying about getting stuck. Solutions are always included so you know when you're done—or hit what seems like an impossible roadblock!

Review: The Wheat of an Energetic Career! - I am really enjoying this short book of Martin Gardner's best logic and mathematical puzzles written for his Scientific American column. The problems range widely in difficulty, with some requiring only a few moments of reflection and other laying quite beyond my cognitive powers. The problems are entertainingly presented. Answers are provided in the back of the book; actually, more than half the length of the book is the answers section. Some readers have complained that the answers are inadequate, but I have not found this to be so. Gardner engages in name dropping, particularly in the answers section, probably to add glamour to his column. He will sometimes note "Two Harvard physics students wrote in with this solution," or "John Campbell of Astounding suggested this solution". Campbell was the famous editor who first published Asimov, Heinlein and Van Vogt, inaugurating the "Golden Age" of Science Fiction. Evidently he was smart in lots of ways! It gives a sense of group endeavor, as if everyone is working these problems. The book is short, but well worth the extremely cheap price from Dover. I wondered while reading this book whether American society as it currently exists would be capable of creating a figure like Martin Gardner. His closest analog might be the conservative columnist John Derbyshire, who is really of English provenance. While Gardner's skill set is technical in nature, I would place his work in the entertainment bracket, sort of a sweet by-product of our technico/literary education system. I'm not sure whether puzzles and brain teasers are strictly entertainment, or if they might serve a purpose similar to weight-lifting and conditioning to the athlete. No one has ever filled Gardner's shoes at Scientific American. The reason I fear is that the American education system and the general spiritual impetus of our culture as it now stands are not able to instill the simultaneous virtues in one individual. Of course, Gardner served no essential purpose--most people get by without challenging brain teasers-- but philosophically the question is worth pondering.
Review: Distilled essence of math in its purest form - A math professor turned bartender, now working at the Bar of Philosophy, serves up three shots respectively of logic, probability, and geometry whiskey... and you have to drink them all at once. If that's your style, this is your book.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #42,677 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #19 in Mathematical Logic #22 in Math Games #277 in Puzzles (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,065 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Wheat of an Energetic Career!
*by S***S on November 30, 2015*

I am really enjoying this short book of Martin Gardner's best logic and mathematical puzzles written for his Scientific American column. The problems range widely in difficulty, with some requiring only a few moments of reflection and other laying quite beyond my cognitive powers. The problems are entertainingly presented. Answers are provided in the back of the book; actually, more than half the length of the book is the answers section. Some readers have complained that the answers are inadequate, but I have not found this to be so. Gardner engages in name dropping, particularly in the answers section, probably to add glamour to his column. He will sometimes note "Two Harvard physics students wrote in with this solution," or "John Campbell of Astounding suggested this solution". Campbell was the famous editor who first published Asimov, Heinlein and Van Vogt, inaugurating the "Golden Age" of Science Fiction. Evidently he was smart in lots of ways! It gives a sense of group endeavor, as if everyone is working these problems. The book is short, but well worth the extremely cheap price from Dover. I wondered while reading this book whether American society as it currently exists would be capable of creating a figure like Martin Gardner. His closest analog might be the conservative columnist John Derbyshire, who is really of English provenance. While Gardner's skill set is technical in nature, I would place his work in the entertainment bracket, sort of a sweet by-product of our technico/literary education system. I'm not sure whether puzzles and brain teasers are strictly entertainment, or if they might serve a purpose similar to weight-lifting and conditioning to the athlete. No one has ever filled Gardner's shoes at Scientific American. The reason I fear is that the American education system and the general spiritual impetus of our culture as it now stands are not able to instill the simultaneous virtues in one individual. Of course, Gardner served no essential purpose--most people get by without challenging brain teasers-- but philosophically the question is worth pondering.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Distilled essence of math in its purest form
*by M***R on May 16, 2025*

A math professor turned bartender, now working at the Bar of Philosophy, serves up three shots respectively of logic, probability, and geometry whiskey... and you have to drink them all at once. If that's your style, this is your book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 66 brain teasers with explanations and answers
*by P***Y on May 13, 2019*

My brain was feeling a bit fuzzy, and figured it was time to start giving my aging bean a workout. I decided to research and add in some thinking challenges via puzzles, games, and word problems. I bought this book by Martin Gardner because I am already a fan of his. I love how he appreciates the sciences and skepticism. He had a long history of creating recreational math problems for the every day person to challenge themselves with. These aren't necessarily difficult, but some are a big challenge. It takes some time to readjust ones thinking in order to work through some of these. HENCE, a brain workout-- especially if not used to thinking along these lines. If you are, then this is just a fun maintenance activity. I ended up buying various books and hands on puzzles for myself, then bought duplicates to make a really neat gift basket. I included stuff like Sudoku, crosswords, search a words, then more complicated stuff including this book and some hands on puzzles. Great for just about anyone.

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