Aha! Insight
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作者简介
1914年生于美国俄克拉荷马州的塔尔萨，1936毕业于芝加哥大学哲学系。1957年，加德纳在《科学美国人》杂志上开设了一个数学游戏专栏，这个专栏一直延续了四分之一个世纪，成为杂志的一个招牌栏目。他的数学科普著作被翻译成多国文字出版。由于数学科普方面的贡献，他荣获1987年美国数学会斯蒂尔奖和1994年数学交流奖。
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目录
Introduction
Chapter 1 Combinatorial aha!
A Sticky Gum Problem
The Ping Pong Puzzle
Quibble's Glasses
Perplexing Paths
The Bewildered Babies
Quibble's Cups
Steak Strategy
The Troublesome Tiles
Quibble's Pets
The Medicine Mix-up Small
The Medicine Mix-up Big
The Broken Bracelet
Chapter 2 Geometry aha!
Crafty Cheese Cuts
Dimensions in Disguise
The Big Knight Switch
Surprising Swords
Payoff at the Poles
Quibble's Matches
Devilish Divisions
Miss Euclid's Cubes
Carpet Confusion
The Curious Cake Cut
Chapter 3 Number aha!
Broken Records
Loch Ness Monster
One Too Many
Eyes and Legs
The Big Bump
Mysterious Merchandise
The Unlisted Phone Number
Hapless Hat
Money Matters
Uncle Henry's Clock
Spirits of 1776
Chapter 4 Logic aha!
The Crafty Cabbie
Color Mates
Six Sneaky Riddles
The Big Holdup
Dr. Ach's Tests
The Ach Award
Holiday Haircut
Barbershop Bantor
Murder at Sun Valley
Foul Play at the Fountain
Chapter 5 Procedural aha!
Fifteen Finesse
Hippo Hangup
Dividing the Chores
The Crooked Acrobat
Island Crackup
The Lazylover
Sanitary Surgeons
Chapter 6 Word aha!
Dr. W.O. Wordle
Shee Lee Hoi
Elusive Eight
World's Smallest Crossword
Mary Belle Byram
Picture Puzzles
Crazy Sentences
Nosmo King
Square Family
Tavern Tease
Cryptic Symbols
Gold Tuitt
Flo Stuvy
Curious Sequences
Parting Words
Selected References
Answers to Posed P roblems
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