Bøger af Martin Gardner

Professor Picanumba has dozens of surefire tricks up his sleeve -- and he's willing to show junior mathemagicians how to predict the answers to 88 word and number challenges. Includes solutions and illustrations.

Ninety-three riddles, mazes, illusions, tricky questions, word and picture puzzles, and other challenges offer hours of entertainment for youngsters. Filled with rib-tickling drawings. Solutions.

Well-known skeptic and acclaimed popular science writer Martin Gardner presents a complete history of the Urantia movement, from its beginnings in the early 20th century to the present day. In addition to providing an outline of the Urantia cult's worldview, Gardner presents strong evidence to establish the identity of the man whose trancelike orations formed the basis of the book. Gardner also analyzes the flaws in Urantian science and points out many instances of plagiarism in various sections of the book.In a new postscript to this paperback edition, Gardner details recent developments in the Urantia movement, corrects some errors in the original edition, and responds to critical reactions from Urantia believers to his skeptical perspective on the book and the movement.Although there are other histories of The Urantia Book, this is the only one written by a skeptic. Anyone interested in the New Age, cults, or the development of new religions will find much fascinating material in Gardner's thorough overview.

This newly updated edition of a well-known work explores a pair of modern science's most fundamental discoveries: the asymmetric DNA helix and the overthrow of parity (left-right symmetry) in particle physics. Absorbing and thought-provoking, "The New Ambidextrous Universe" was written by Martin Gardner, one of Dover's most popular authors, .

Examines the variety of pseudoscientific conjectures that dominate the media. With an emphasis on parapsychology and occultism, this collection addresses the evidence put forth to support claims of ESP, psychokinesis, faith healing, and other pseudoscience.

Finally collected in one volume, Martin Gardner's immensely popular short puzzles; along with a few new ones from the master.

Introduces us to this extraordinary man, Dr Irving Joshua Matrix. Believed by many to be the greatest numerologist who ever lived, Dr Matrix claims to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. This title follows Dr Matrix as he roams the world and assumes new identities and discovers new manifestations of the power of numbers to explain and predict.

Introduces readers to probability paradoxes, the attacks on the Big Bang Theory, and Marianne Williamson's success promoting "The Course of Miracles", which is said to have been channelled by Jesus.

Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks . . . even invisible writing and sending messages through space. 45 diagrams.

First published in 1910, this text aims to make the topic of calculus accessible to students of mathematics. Gardner has updated the text to reflect developments in method and terminology, written an extensive preface and three new chapters, and added more than 20 recreational problems.

Narrates the spiritual odyssey of Peter, a young man from a Pentecostal fundamentalist background, who loses his faith while a student at the University of Chicago Divinity School. This book follows the changes of Peter's beliefs, exploring the aspects of Protestant theology and ethics.