by Sam Loyd, Martin Gardner · n/a · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783770110490
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«Mathematische Rätsel und Spiele» is the mathematical puzzle book by Sam Loyd and Martin Gardner, published by DuMont in paperback (213 pages).
The volume brings together 117 mathematical problems and puzzles by Sam Loyd, selected and edited by Martin Gardner. It includes logic games, numerical riddles and brainteasers with their solutions, aimed at exercising the mind and entertaining those who enjoy enigmas.
Part of the DuMont-Kunst-Taschenbücher series (number 66). German translation by Charlotte Franke from the American original, published in Cologne in 1978.
For fans of puzzles, logic and recreational mathematics who read German.
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.
