The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix

Gardner, Martin

ISBN 10: 0879752815 / ISBN 13: 9780879752811

Edité par Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY, 1985

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326p., first American edition, hardbound in 9x5.5 inch faux leatherette boards lettered silverfoil and enclosed in the dust jacket. Nearly as new; top and bottom margins of the dust jacket are very slightly worn, and top edge of textblock bears a few sprinkles of dust-soil, an otherwise crisp, a very good copy. Laid in we have left in place a print-out from the publisher and a holograph-written blank with a reader's attempts to duplicate a Gardner calculation.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix
• Éditeur: Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY
• Date de parution: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0879752815
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780879752811
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Mysticism
  • Japan
  • US Presidents
  • Freethought
  • Language studies, Linguistics

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Synopsis

Book by Gardner Martin

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix draws us into the intriguing and fascinating world of numbers and number theory. "Numbers, you know, have a mysterious life of their own. It would be naive," claims Dr. Matrix, "to suppose that there is such a thing as a randomly arranged group of symbols." Consider, for example, the decimal expansion of pi. Long considered a random series, it is actually rich with remarkable patterns. "Correctly interpreted," says Dr. Matrix, "pi conveys the entire history of the human race." Dr. Matrix uncovers patterns and signs that will astound you. As Dr. Matrix demonstrates, we need only look to find clues all around us in number and language "coincidences" that will unlock the mysteries of the universe.

In The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix, Martin Gardner 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. He was, however, completely unknown to the scientific community until Gardner wrote about him in Scientific American in 1960. That first report and the subsequent ones that appeared with each new encounter are collected here in their entirety. We follow Dr. Matrix as he roams the world and assumes new identities and discovers new manifestations of the power of numbers to explain and predict and entertain. Always at his side is his beautiful Eurasian daughter, Iva, who abets and protects her father in each new adventure.

As you delve into The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix, you will master some significant combinatorial mathematics and number theory. The many remarkable puzzles of Dr. Matrix are all clearly answered in the back of the book, together with commentary and references by Gardner to enlighten the uninitiated and entertain the inquiring reader.