Riddles of the Sphinx
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23153294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Gardner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Pages | 178 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Riddles of the Sphinx and Other Mathematical Puzzle Tales (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | American Mathematical Society (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5948/upo9780883859476 |
| OpenAlex | W2505041709 |
| Open Library | OL52587637M |
| ISBN | 9780883859476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This material was drawn from Gardner's column in Issac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. His riddles presented here incorporate the responses of his initial readers, along with additions suggested by the editors of this series. In this book, Gardner draws us from questions to answers, always presenting us with new riddles-some as yet unanswered. Solving these riddles is not simply a matter of logic and calculation, though these play a role. Luck and inspiration are factors as well, so beginners and experts alike may profitably exercise their wits on Gardner's problems, whose subjects range from geometry to word play to questions relating to physics and geology. We guarantee that you will solve some of these riddles, be stumped by others and be amused by almost all of the stories and setting that Gardner has devised to raise these as yet unanswered. Only Gardner could fit so many diverse and tantalizing problems into one book.
Art · Column (typography) · Epistemology · Geometry · Literature · Luck · Mathematics education · Range (aeronautics) · Sphinx · Visual arts · Engineering · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2024 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |