Don’t let the somewhat elegiac title of Martin Gardner’s book put you off.
The Last Recreations refers to the ultimate siftings of the mathematical puzzles
column that Gardner contributed to Scientific American for 30 years. It provides
some spell-binding moments. How to get a personal note inside somebody’s
uncracked breakfast egg for instance. Published by Copernicus,
£15.95/$25, ISBN 0387949291.
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