by Martin Gardner · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420617787
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«Carnaval Matemático» is a collection of recreational mathematics by Martin Gardner, published by Alianza in hardcover (304 pages, in Spanish).
In this collection, Martin Gardner offers a playful journey through mathematics: chapters devoted to card tricks and coin games, alongside problems inspired by physics that are posed and solved with clear explanations. A read that combines entertainment and reasoning.
Translation by Andrés Muñoz Machado of the original «Mathematical Carnival», published in 1975. The work belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo collection, number 778, Science and technology section.
For fans of brain teasers, puzzles and popular science who want to see mathematics as entertainment.
Martin Gardner was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science. His interests also encompassed magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature – especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. He was a leading authority on Lewis Carroll; The Annotated Alice, which incorporated the text of Carroll's two Alice books, was his most successful work and sold over a million copies. He had a lifelong interest in magic and illusion and in 1999, MAGIC magazine named him as one of the "100 Most Influential Magicians of the Twentieth Century". He was considered the doyen of American puzzlers. He was a prolific and versatile author, publishing more than 100 books.
