Several of Gardner's books have been recently updated. See: http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/series/series_display/item3937703/The-... George http://momath.org/ http://georgehart.com/ On 2/22/2012 5:06 PM, Allan Wechsler wrote:
I am betting that the first Gardner collection, the *Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions*, is almost timeless and will captivate a math-precocious 15-year-old. It has been republished under a different title since then. What it really needs is for somebody to edit in afterwords that give followups on progress that has been made since, but honestly, if the situation is explained to the kid, the kid will know how to google for updates on any interesting topic.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Dan Asimov<dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
A bright friend of mine just turned 15. They are rather advanced in math for their age and a good chess-player.
At age 12 I was ecstatic to receive the first book in Martin Gardner's series of collected columns, around 1959. My friend has not seen anything by Gardner yet, so those are the first thing that comes to mind. Yet I wonder if at this point they might seem somewhat dated.
All suggestions and opinions welcome.
--Dan
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