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For 25 of his 90 years, Martin Gardner wrote 'Mathematical Games and Recreations', a monthly column for Scientific American magazine. These columns have inspired hundreds of thousands of readers to delve more deeply into the large world of mathematics. He has also made significant contributions to magic, philosophy, debunking pseudoscience, and children's literature. He has produced more than 60 books, including many best sellers, most of which are still in print. His Annotated Alice has sold more than a million copies. He continues to write a regular column for the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

The first of fifteen updated editions of the collected Mathematical Games of Martin Gardner, king of recreational mathematics.

1 Hexaflexagons 1

2 Magic with a Matrix 16

3 Nine Problems 24

4 Ticktacktoe 37

5 Probability Paradoxes 48

6 The Icosian Game and the Tower of Hanoi 63

7 Curious Topological Models 73

8 The Game of Hex 82

9 Sam Loyd: America's Greatest Puzzlist 94

10 Mathematical Card Tricks 109

11 Memorizing Numbers 115

12 Nine More Problems 123

13 Polyominoes 137

14 Fallacies 157

15 Nim and Tac Tix 166

16 Left or Right? 177

Index 189