Gardner, Martin 1914-2010

The annotated Alice: Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking glass by Lewis Carroll ( Book )
136 editions published between 1960 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 3,490 libraries worldwide
This is the first and only edition of Lewis Carroll's two masterpieces, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, that contains the full text, together with all of the original Tenniel illustrations in their correct places, and that adds to this a full annotation running concurrently with the text for the easiest possible reference. Here, the result of many years of research by an expert, is a running commentary on all the jokes, games, puzzles, tricks, parodies, obscure references and almost endless curiousities with which Carroll filled his writings. With this information a modern reader can appreciate this great and subtle book in a way that would be impossible otherwise.

The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions by Martin Gardner ( Book )
55 editions published between 1958 and 2003 in 7 languages and held by 1,699 libraries worldwide
A collection of brain teasers and mathematical puzzles from the pages of Scientific American. Annotation. These clearly and cleverly presented mathematical recreations of paradoxes and paperfolding, Moebius variations and mnemonics both ancient and modern delight and perplex while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other mathematical fields. Martin Gardner has turned a trick as neat as any in the book itself. He has selected a group of diversions which are not only entertaining but mathematically meaningful as well. The result is a work which is rewarding on almost every level of mathematical achievement.

Science, good, bad, and bogus by Martin Gardner ( Book )
19 editions published between 1981 and 1996 in English and German and held by 1,503 libraries worldwide

Fads and fallacies in the name of science by Martin Gardner ( Book )
11 editions published between 1952 and 1960 in English and Portuguese and held by 1,461 libraries worldwide

Calculus made easy : being a very-simplest introduction to those beautiful methods of reckoning which are generally called by the terrifying names of the differential calculus and the integral calculus by Silvanus P Thompson ( Book )
9 editions published between 1944 and 2008 in English and held by 1,414 libraries worldwide
Updates the classic calculus primer.

Wheels, life, and other mathematical amusements by Martin Gardner ( Book )
7 editions published between 1983 and 1988 in 4 languages and held by 1,394 libraries worldwide

Aha! Aha! insight by Martin Gardner ( Book )
6 editions published between 1978 and 1990 in 3 languages and held by 1,316 libraries worldwide
Contains puzzles that first baffle and then delight problem solving addicts. Grew out of a collaboration between Bob Tappay and Martin Gardner to enliven the learning of mathematics.

Aha! gotcha : paradoxes to puzzle and delight by Martin Gardner ( Book )
8 editions published between 1982 and 2008 in English and Slovenian and held by 1,283 libraries worldwide
A collection of puzzles that challenge reasoning power and intuition and help develop problem solving ability.

The annotated ancient mariner. The rime of the ancient mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( Book )
11 editions published between 1965 and 2003 in English and held by 1,230 libraries worldwide
For contents, see Author Catalog.

Codes, ciphers, and secret writing by Martin Gardner ( Book )
10 editions published between 1972 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,146 libraries worldwide
Explains in simple terms how to encode and decode messages in various ciphers, describes coding machines, and gives formulas for invisible ink.