by Martin Gardner · RBA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490060469
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«Matemática, magia y misterio» is Martin Gardner's work on mathematical popularization, published by RBA in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
Martin Gardner combines magic and mathematics in «Matemática, magia y misterio» through tricks with cards, dice, calendars and coins, which lead to paradoxes, puzzles and brain teasers. The second part gathers tricks and puzzles on scientific topics to present the great concepts of science in a playful way.
It belongs to RBA's Divulgación collection. Translated by Cecilia Absatz and Elivio Eduardo Gandolfo. Originally published in English as Mathematics, Magic and Mystery.
Aimed at fans of recreational mathematics, science popularization and illusionism, with special interest in puzzles and brain teasers.
Martin Gardner was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science. His interests also encompassed magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature – especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. He was a leading authority on Lewis Carroll; The Annotated Alice, which incorporated the text of Carroll's two Alice books, was his most successful work and sold over a million copies. He had a lifelong interest in magic and illusion and in 1999, MAGIC magazine named him as one of the "100 Most Influential Magicians of the Twentieth Century". He was considered the doyen of American puzzlers. He was a prolific and versatile author, publishing more than 100 books.
