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  • My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles

    by Martin Gardner ...
    Series series Dover Math Games & Puzzles
    Over a period of 25 years as author of the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, Martin Gardner devoted a column every six months or so to short math problems or puzzles. He was especially careful to present new and unfamiliar puzzles that had not been included in such classic collections as those by Sam Loyd and Henry Dudeney. Later, these puzzles were published in book collections, ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • On the Wild Side

    by Martin Gardner ...
    "I have always been intrigued by fringe science," writes Martin Gardner in the preface to this book, "perhaps for the same reason that I enjoy freak shows and circuses. Pseudoscientists, especially the extreme cranks, are fascinating creatures for psychological study. Moreover, I have found that one of the best ways to learn something about any branch of science is to find out where its crackpots ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish

    And Other Speculations About This and That

    by Martin Gardner ...
    "Martin Gardner is indispensable. Here's the perfect introduction to the range of his obsessions—from Ann Coulter to The Wizard of Oz." —William Poundstone, bestselling author of Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?Best known as the longtime writer of the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American—which introduced generations of readers to the joys of recreational mathematics—Martin ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science

    The Curious Theories Of Modern Pseudoscientists And The Strange, Amusing And Alarming Cults That Surround Them. A Study In Human Gullibility

    by Martin Gardner ...
    "Although we are amused, we may also be embarrassed to find our friends or even ourselves among the gullible advocates of plausible-sounding doubletalk." — Saturday Review"A very able and even-tempered presentation." — New YorkerThis witty and engaging book examines the various fads, fallacies, strange cults, and curious panaceas which at one time or another have masqueraded as science. Not just a ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Calculus Made Easy

    by Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner ...
    Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson and Martin Gardner has long been the most popular calculus primer.This major revision of the classic math text makes the subject at hand still more comprehensible to readers of all levels. With a new introduction, three new chapters, modernized language and methods throughout, and an appendix of challenging and enjoyable practice problems, Calculus Made ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Undiluted Hocus-Pocus

    The Autobiography of Martin Gardner

    by Martin Gardner ...
    "Zealously debunking science fads and declaring his bafflement at the human brain, maths writer Martin Gardner was on fine form in this posthumous memoir." — NatureMartin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, religion, and Alice in Wonderland. Gardner's illuminating ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?

    Debunking Pseudoscience

    by Martin Gardner ...
    "[Gardner] zaps his targets with laserlike precision and wit."—Entertainment WeeklyMartin Gardner is perhaps the wittiest, most devastating unmasker of scientific fraud and intellectual chicanery of our time. Here he muses on topics as diverse as numerology, New Age anthropology, and the late Senator Claiborne Pell's obsession with UFOs, as he mines Americans' seemingly inexhaustible appetite for ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Songs of the Dying Earth

    Short Stories in Honor of Jack Vance

    by Dean Koontz ...
    This tribute anthology celebrates the work of SF/F legend Jack Vance, featuring original stories from George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Elizabeth Moon, Tanith Lee, Tad Williams, Kage Baker, and Robert Silverberg, along with fifteen others--as well as an introduction by Dean Koontz.To honor the magnificent career of Jack Vance, one unparalleled in achievement and impact, George R.R. ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Songs of Love and Death

    All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love

    by George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois ...
    A groundbreaking and “impressive” (Fantasy Literature) anthology of fantasy, science fiction, and romance from New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors, edited by the acclaimed George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.From epic fantasy, post-apocalyptic America, to faerie-haunted rural fields in 18th-century England, to an intergalactic empire, join star-crossed lovers as they struggle ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Relativity Simply Explained

    by Martin Gardner ...
    Since the publication of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, the discovery of such astronomical phenomena as quasars, pulsars, and black holes — all intimately connected to relativity — has provoked a tremendous upsurge of interest in the subject.This volume, a revised version of Martin Gardner's earlier Relativity for the Million, brings this fascinating topic up to date. Witty, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was

    Edited by Martin Gardner, Russel B. Nye ...
    When Russel B. Nye and Martin Gardner teamed up to bring out a new edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, theirs was the first critical analysis of L. Frank Baum American classic. The book opens with an essay by Nye, entitled "An Appreciation," which is an overview of Baum's creative and imaginative genius. Nye explores the reasons why earlier critics virtually ignored the Oz stories. Gardner, in ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • The Hidden Goddess

    The Quest for the Divine Feminine in the Judeo-Christian Tradition - from Asherah to Mary Magdalene

    by Laurie Martin-Gardner ...
    The Hidden Goddess delves into the Bible to uncover the goddesses that have been buried within it. As well as discussing familiar figures such as Eve and Mary, the book also features Asherah, Sophia, Lilith, and others, exploring their histories, their roles in early Judaic Christian belief and their subsequent suppression. '...a readable and accessible antidote to the stereotype that the divine ... Read more

    $6.99 USD