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| Title: | Jinn From Hyperspace
: & Other Scribblings -- Both Serious & Whimsical |
| Author: | Martin Gardner |
| ISBN: | 1591025656 : 9781591025658 |
| Illustrations: | b/w illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 307 |
| Weight: | .542 Kg. |
| Published: | Prometheus Books - December 2007 |
| List Price: | 17.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Popular science: MATHEMATICS: Literary studies: from c1900- |
This new collection of Gardner gems takes its name from an essay on a mathematical theme, about a jinn (or genie) trapped in a 'Klein Bottle' -- an amusing tale that also teaches the maths phobic something interesting about a theoretical one-sided object with no distinction between inside and outside. Other topics in maths and physics include speculations about universes where time runs in reverse; the Banach-Tarski paradox (whereby a sphere, after being deconstructed, can be reassembled at twice its size); and a vigorous defence of the objective reality of mathematical theorems independent of human culture. On the literary side, Gardner discusses two neglected works by G K Chesterton, one of which concerns an imaginary but now very topical war between Islam and Christianity. He also considers the fantasies of L Frank Baum that don't take place in Oz, Clement Moore's ever-popular 'The Night Before Christmas', and the many fascinating books by Lewis Carroll that are sometimes overshadowed by his famous 'Alice in Wonderland'. A treat for longtime Gardner readers or the perfect introduction for newcomers, THE JINN FROM HYPERSPACE offers a rich selection of stimulating intellectual wonders.
The False Memory Wars; The Sad Case of Father Shanley1; Penrose: The Road to Reality; Penrose: The Emperor's New Mind; Time-Reversed Worlds; The Ars Magna of Ramon Lull; The Banach-Tarski Paradox; Transcendental Numbers and Early Birds; A Defence of Platonic Realism; The Jinn from Hyperspace; Satan and the Apple; Blabbage's Decision Paradox; Professor Cracker's Antitelephone; Energy from the Vacuum?; PopCo; Four Letters; Is Beauty Truth?; Is String Theory in Trouble?; Do Loops Explain Consciousness?; Chesterton: The Flying Inn; Chesterton: Manalive; The Night Before Christmas; The Great Crumpled Paper Hoax; So Long Old Girl; Queen Zixi of Ix; The Enchanted Island of Yew; John Dough and the Cherub; The Magical Monarch of Mo; American Fairy Tales; Mother Goose in Prose; How the Oz Club Started; Sylvie and Bruno; Phantasmagoria; The Nursery Alice; Alice's Adventures Under Ground; The Two Alice Books.
