Bibliograph

The Jinn from hyperspace and other scribblings--both serious and whimsical, Martin Gardner

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The Jinn from hyperspace and other scribblings--both serious and whimsical, Martin Gardner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Jinn from hyperspace and other scribblings--both serious and whimsical

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

154711439

Responsibility statement

Martin Gardner

Table Of Contents

The false memory wars -- The sad case of Father Shanley -- 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 defense 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

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