Mathematical Puzzle Tales

Martin Gardner

Original title: Science Fiction Puzzle Tales

Also published as: Science fiction puzzle tales

Translated by Agnès Szakonyi earliest edition we have, 1981 Dunod, 1982 145 pages

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By a mathematician famous for his "games" published regularly in "Scientific American", a series of 34 problems in the form of short science fiction stories published from 1976 in "Isaac Asimov's science fiction magazine". The interesting part of these problems comes is that each is extended by a series of three answers, graded by comprehension. It is obvious that the first two do not bring the solution but can lead...

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Editions we hold

Mathematical Puzzle Tales paperback · 2001 · The Mathematical Association of America · 168 pages
Mathematical Puzzle Tales edition · 2000 · American Mathematical Society · 9781470451783
Science fiction puzzle tales edition · 1983 · Penguin · 148 pages
Casse-tête dans le cosmos edition · 1982 · Dunod · 145 pages · 9782040154103
Science fiction puzzle tales edition · 1981 · C. N. Potter · 148 pages

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