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001 2007038277
003 DLC
005 20130523091151.0
008 070928s2008 nyua b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2007038277
020 $a9781591025658
020 $a1591025656
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn154711439
035 $a(OCoLC)154711439
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aQA95$b.G248 2008
082 00 $a793.74$222
100 1 $aGardner, Martin,$d1914-2010.
245 14 $aThe Jinn from hyperspace and other scribblings--both serious and whimsical /$cMartin Gardner.
260 $aAmherst, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c2008.
300 $a307 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aMathematical recreations.
650 0 $aScientific recreations.
650 0 $aLiterary recreations.
650 0 $aLiterature$vMiscellanea.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip082/2007038277.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1309/2007038277-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1309/2007038277-d.html