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The Colossal Book of Mathematics
Martin Gardner · 初版 2001 年
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作者精选了他在《Scientific American》杂志“Mathematical Games”专栏中发表的文章，呈现了从算术和几何游戏到M.C. Escher艺术作品内涵的诸多谜题与概念。
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The Colossal Book of Mathematics
Martin Gardner · 初版 2001 年
作者精选了他在《Scientific American》杂志“Mathematical Games”专栏中发表的文章，呈现了从算术和几何游戏到M.C. Escher艺术作品内涵的诸多谜题与概念。
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……而且读起来很轻松。事实上，Dover 出版社似乎出了各种各样适合外行人的数学短篇读物。要是你还不知道 Martin Gardner，那真得去了解一下！《The Colossal Book of Mathematics》和《The Night is Large》都是非常棒的大部头文集，而且他还有海量的短篇散文集。
…and easy read. In fact it looks like Dover has all kinds of short treatments of math subjects suitable to the layperson. And if you don't know about Martin Gardner, you really must check him out! _The Colossal Book of Mathematics_ and _The Night is Large_ are both wonderful big collections, and there are tons of smaller sets of essays.
我也顶这个！Gardner 的东西比市面上很多书都更具趣味性和娱乐性。《The Colossal Book of Mathematics》是一站式通读大量内容的好方法。《The Night is Large》也很赞，但数学比重没那么大。我还没看到有人推荐 Smullyan 呢。我觉得《The Lady or the Tiger》是经典，不过我……
I second this! Gardner would be something more recreational and fun than a lot else out there. The Colossal Book of Mathematics is a good way to get a lot in one place. The Night is Large is also great but less math-focused. I don't see any recommendations for Smullyan yet. The Lady or the Tiger is the classic I think, but I…
这些书更偏向于“科普”领域，但我觉得它们在传达真正的数学家平时到底在思考什么方面做得极好：- Martin Gardner 的《Colossal Book of Mathematics》：通过游戏和趣味数学来介绍群论和拓扑学等领域。- Marcus Du Sautoy 的《Finding Moonshine》：讲述了两者之间意想不到联系的故事……
These fall more in the "pop-sci" realm, but I think are really good at trying to convey what kinds of things working mathematicians actually think about: - Colossal Book of Mathematics by Martin Gardner: Uses games and recreational math to introduce areas like group theory and topology. - Finding Moonshine by Marcus Du Sautoy: Tells the story of the unexpected connection between two…
……继承是一种“稀缺资源”，应该谨慎使用。关于 `equals()` 的讨论可能会说服你转投 Ruby。:-) 那数学方面呢？去买 Martin Gardner 的任何一本散文集都行。《The Colossal Book of Mathematics》更适合放床头或马桶上看，不太适合在公交车上翻，但他们也出版了很多薄本的小文集，比如 Hexaflexagons、Probability Paradoxes 和 Tower of Hanoi。Crockford 写的《Javascript: The Good Parts》……
…inheritance is a "scarce resource" and should be used sparingly. The discussion of `equals()` might convince you to switch to Ruby. :-) How about math? Get any collection of essays by Martin Gardner. The Colossal Book of Mathematics is more a bedside/restroom book than one for a bus, but they also publish many thin collections like Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi. Javascript: The Good Parts by Crockford…
嗯，我听说后去买了本他的《Colossal Book of Mathematics》[1]，我自己读得津津有味（里面就是一堆写得极好、特别有趣的数学话题，正在疯狂激发我做游戏设计的脑洞），不过确实，……
Well, I picked up the Colossal Book of Mathematics[1] by him after hearing about it and I'm having a lot of fun with it myself (it's just a bunch of really interesting math topics written really well, that are sparking my game designer brain), but yeah,…
……不寻常的性质，发表于 1956 年 12 月 1 日。《科学美国人》网站上有在线版，但有付费墙。找到了：https://archive.org/details/martingardnerthecolossalbookofma... 出自 Martin Gardner 的《The Colossal Book Of Mathematics》（第 385 页）
…unusual properties, published on December 1, 1956. The Scientific American has it online, but paywalled. Found it: https://archive.org/details/martingardnerthecolossalbookofma... in Martin Gardner - The Colossal Book Of Mathematics (page 385)