Stories by Martin Gardner

An adventure in hyperspace at the Church of the Fourth Dimension

On the theory of probability and the practice of gambling

Wherein geometrical figures are dissected to make other figures

Diversions that involve the mathematical constant "e"

Surfaces with edges linked in the same way as the three rings of a well-known design

Some entertainments that involve the calculus of finite differences

Some diverting mathematical board games, and the answers to last month's problems

A new collection of "brain teasers"

In which the editor of this department meets the legendary Bertrand Apollinax

Concerning the diversions in a new book on geometry

How to play dominoes in two and three dimensions

Diversions that involve one of the classic conic sections: the ellipse

In which the author chats again with Dr. Matrix, numerologist extraordinary

Some recreations involving the binary number system

More about the shapes that can be made with complex dominoes

A new collection of "brain-teasers"

The celebrated four-color map problem of topology

An imaginary dialogue on "mathemagic": tricks based on mathematical principles

Incidental information about the extraordinary number pi

Recreations involving folding and cutting sheets of paper

Reflections on the packing of spheres

About mathematical games that are played on boards

The games and puzzles of Lewis Carroll, and the answers to February's problems

A fifth collection of "brain-teasers"