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Colossal Book of Wordplay

Colossal Book of Wordplay
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Puzzlewright
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2010-09-07
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781402765032

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A true pioneer in the field of recreational mathematics, Martin Gardner has been wrangling words for decades, and his latest opus is nothing short of extraordinary. From amazing anagrams and silly spoonerisms to alphamagic squares and cryptarithms, this mind-bending compendium is chock-full of whimsical forms of wordplay that are sure to have sesquipedalian scholars and limber-minded logophiles racking their brains in delight.


Colossal Book of Mathematics

Colossal Book of Mathematics
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 748
Release: 2001
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780393020236

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No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium of classic puzzles, paradoxes, and puzzles from America's best-loved mathematical expert. 320 line drawings.


The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists

The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists
Author: Jacqueline E. Kress
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2015-09-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119080932

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The essential handbook for reading teachers, now aligned with the Common Core The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists is the definitive instructional resource for anyone who teaches reading or works in a K-12 English language arts-related field. Newly revised and ready for instant application, this top seller provides up-to-date reading, writing, and language content in more than 240 lists for developing targeted instruction, plus section briefs linking content to research-based teaching practices. This new sixth edition includes a guide that maps the lists to specific Common Core standards for easy lesson planning, and features fifty brand-new lists on: academic and domain-specific vocabulary, foundation skills, rhyming words, second language development, context clues, and more. This edition also includes an expanded writing section that covers registers, signal and transition words, and writers' craft. Brimming with practical examples, key words, teaching ideas, and activities that can be used as-is or adapted to students' needs, these lists are ready to differentiate instruction for an individual student, small-group, or planning multilevel instruction for your whole class. Reading is the center of all school curricula due to recent state and federal initiatives including rigorous standards and new assessments. This book allows to you skip years of curating content and dive right into the classroom armed with smart, relevant, and effective plans. Develop focused learning materials quickly and easily Create unit-specific Common Core aligned lesson plans Link classroom practice to key research in reading, language arts and learning Adapt ready-made ideas to any classroom or level It's more important than ever for students to have access to quality literacy instruction. Timely, up to date, and distinctively smart, The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists should be on every English language arts teacher's desk, librarian's shelf, literacy coach's resource list, and reading professor's radar.


The Whirl of Words

The Whirl of Words
Author: Jonathan Berkowitz
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2021-06-02
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1039107133

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Why do word puzzles fascinate us? How do they help develop problem-solving skills? How do they teach us about geography, literature, sports, and popular culture? How are they an international language? Jonathan Berkowitz offers a brief history of wordplay, with insights into puzzles and the brain. He offers tips on how to solve puzzles and explains the educational value of puzzles. Challenges in the form of rebuses, anagrams, codes and cryptograms, crosswords, and wordplay with numbers supply even more fun! The Whirl of Words is a unique, rich, and intriguing tour of a wide variety of word puzzles certain to stimulate a brain work-out.


The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems

The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2006
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780393061147

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The renowned provocateur of popular math presents a collection of his widely recognized short puzzles--along with a few new ones--that explore chess, physics, probability, and topology, among other topics.


InvestiGators

InvestiGators
Author: John Patrick Green
Publisher: First Second
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250778050

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With more than three million copies in print, John Patrick Green's goofy graphic novel series is a colossal comics hit! Join super spy alligator duo MANGO and BRASH as they surf the sewers and fight the forces of evil. With their Very Exciting Spy Technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, they have not one but two mysteries to solve! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases, and corral the crooks―or will the criminals wriggle out of their grasp?


Wordplay

Wordplay
Author: John Langdon
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2005
Genre: Ambiguity
ISBN: 0593055691

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Award-winning graphic designer John Langdon was perhaps the first practitioner of the art of ambigrams. In this updated edition he adds a significant amount of new material to further enhance the reader's enjoyment of the peculiar illusion created when a word can be read right-side up and upside down.


Mathematical Circus

Mathematical Circus
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470463598

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Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This volume, first published in 1979, contains columns published in the magazine from 1968-1971. This 1992 MAA edition contains a foreword by Donald Knuth and a postscript and extended bibliography added by Gardner for this edition.


The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener

The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1999-08-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1466823321

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The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener showcases Martin Gardner as the consummate philosopher, thinker, and great mathematician that he is. Exploring issues that range from faith to prayer to evil to immortality, and far beyond, Garnder challenges the discerning reader with fundamental questions of classical philosophy and life's greater meanings. Recalling such philosophers was Wittgenstein and Arendt, The Whys of Philosophical Scrivener embodies Martin Garner's unceasing interest and joy in the impenetrable mysteries of life.


Mathematical Carnival

Mathematical Carnival
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470463571

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Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This volume, first published in 1975, contains columns published in the magazine from 1965-1967. This 1989 MAA edition contains a foreword by John H. Conway and a postscript and extended bibliography added by Gardner for this edition.