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Order And Surprise

Martin Gardner

Paperback | Pages: 298 pages

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Title	:	Order And Surprise
Author	:	Martin Gardner
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 298 pages
Published	:	September 1993
Categories	:	Free Books. Books

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This collection of essays by America's foremost polymath delves into some of the many fascinating subjects in which Martin Gardner has had an abiding interest. Focusing primarily on literary and philosophical subjects, Order and Surprise is the sequel to the widely acclaimed Science: Good, Bad and Bogus. Some of Gardner's best essays and reviews are included in this volume, such as:
"Why Librarians Dislike Oz"
"The Strange Case of Robert Maynard Hutchins"
"H.G. Wells, 'Premature' Anti-Communist"
"Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four"
"Is Nature Ambidextrous?"
"Beyond Cultural Relativism"
"The Popperism of Sir Karl"
"Keeping Up With Einstein"

In addition, Gardner has included many of his perceptive reviews of books by and about such authors as Franz Kafka, Thomas Wolfe, John Updike, Vance Packard, Colin Wilson, Lewis Carroll, and many others.

In some cases the author has modified the original texts, sometimes restoring passages removed by editors, sometimes adding new footnotes to update the material. In many cases, Gardner has added a postscript that allows him to comment on an article or review. Like the previous anthology, this book is divided into two parts. The first contains articles in chronological order of publication; the second, book reviews in similar order.

Order and Surprise represents Gardner at his best - incisive, witty, and urbane.

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Most essays dated. Many are repetitive of each other. The book reviews are mainly irrelevant, and weren't necessarily relevant at the time (often they're about creation science or defenses of the paranormal, for example... which imo means that by giving that trash atttention, Gardner was 'feeding the trolls'). The book as a whole unfocused. Recommended only to Gardner completists. Better to get his puzzle books or his "best of" collections.I did read a few bits carefully and found a few notable

Martin Gardner was an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, literature (especially the writings of Lewis Carroll), philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion. He wrote the Mathematical Games column in Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, and published over 70 books.



Colección de ensayos y recensiones de libros que versan sobre los más diversos temas, desde la simetría izquierda-derecha hasta la creatividad de los genios, pasando por las paradojas lógicas. Martin Gardner es un filósofo, nadie lo duda, y comparto con él todas sus aficiones intelectuales. En el libro encontramos además, acertijos, juegos matemáticos, e incluso disquisiciones sobre la Relatividad. Gran libro.

Martin Gardner non ha scritto solo libri di matematica divulgativa. Questo vecchio volume raccoglie per esempio una serie di articoli - soprattutto recensioni nella seconda parte, più legati agli scrittori per l'infanzia nella prima parte - che toccano la matematica solo tangenzialmente, nel senso che in alcuni saggi si parla di Lewis Carroll e c'è una recensione (negativa) del libro The Mathematical Experience di Davis e Hersh e una (abbastanza positiva) di Adventures of a Mathematician di

Most essays dated. Many are repetitive of each other. The book reviews are mainly irrelevant, and weren't necessarily relevant at the time (often they're about creation science or defenses of the paranormal, for example... which imo means that by giving that trash atttention, Gardner was 'feeding the trolls'). The book as a whole unfocused. Recommended only to Gardner completists. Better to get his puzzle books or his "best of" collections.I did read a few bits carefully and found a few notable