by Martin Gardner · Labor. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433551085
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«Rosquillas anudadas y otras amenidades matemáticas», by Martin Gardner, is a work of recreational mathematics published by Labor in paperback (302 pages).
A work of recreational mathematics that brings together pastimes, pencil-and-paper games, and commented puzzles. Its pages explain with rules and starting examples the game «Pista de carreras» and the game «Sim», along with other problems and curiosities that show the playful side of mathematics.
Published in 1987, it is a translation by Luis Bou García and includes bibliography and index.
A work for those who enjoy puzzles and pencil-and-paper games.
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.
