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timeexplaining both thegenesisandthe inspirational outgrowths of his mathematicallyrichest puzzles,resulting in a book that is fun andinsightful.\"  \n-DENNIS SHASHA,prolessor ofconputer sieace,Ne YorkUniverity,author of the Pules Adventurecolumn for Sdorifs Americau  \n\"This colossal coliection of Martin Gardner's favoritepuzzles and columns is a remarkable retrospective ofhis astonishingly infuential career as an expositorextraordinaire.\"  \nJOHN ALLEN PAULOS,prulessor ofmathematics,Teaplel niverskey;auchoroflamumrraeyaodA Matkcmaticiam Read the Nupopr  \n\"Warming:Martin Gardner has turned dozens of inno-cent youngsters into math professors and thousands ofmath professors into innocent youngsters.TheColossal Book of Mathematics is a wonderful collec-tion.\"  \n-PERSI DIACONIS,prokesorolmathematks,Stanford U niversity  \nS CIENCE  \nw w w w WN(RTONC(  \nPALINDROMES  \nSPROUTS AND BRUSSELSPROUTSKLEIN BOTTLESSURREALNUMBERSPAPER FOLDINGFRACTALMUSICMATHEMATICALZO0No amateur ot math lover can be without this  \ndefinitive collection from America's most popu  \nlar mathenaticalexpert.  \nUSA $35.00  \nCAN.S51.00  \n\"Newton said that his many mathematical accomplish-ments came because he stood on the shoulders of giants.For those ofus who have tried to make mathematics acces-sible to a wider audience,there is one giantr who towerswell above anyone else:Martin Gardner.\"  \n-KEITH DEVLIN,Stanford University,Center for the Study ofLanguageand Information;authorof The Math Gene;winner ofthe 2000Communications Award of theJoint Policy Board for Mathematics  \nWhether discussing hexaflexagons or number theorv,Klein bottles or the essence of\"nothing,\"MartinGardner has single-handedly created the field of “recreationalmathematics.\"The Colossal Book of Mathematics collectstogether Gardner's most popular pieces from his legendary“Mathematical Games”column,which ran in ScientificAmericanfortwenty-five years.Gardner's array ofabsorbing pu7-zles and mind-twisting paradoxes 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