O\u27Beirne\u27s Mousetrap Game

A puzzle game

Bayley\u27s Claims About Alice

Melanie Bayley, a doctoral candidate in Victorian literature, has recently authored two articles claiming that Lewis Carroll\u27s Alice in Wonderland was Charles Dodgson\u27s attempt to satirize the new mathematics of his day. We disagree completely with her thesis

Collector\u27s Corner, Round 3

In his book The No-Sided Professor Martin Gardner reprints The Three Cowboys , a story for children from January 1959 Humpty Dumpty\u27s Magazine

Martin Gardner\u27s Word Magic Enthralls Broad Ripple Teens

Butler University was host on September 18, 2009 to 25 students of Peggy Boulden\u27s class from Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis. The students were all mathematically astute and we wanted to show them something new and decided to present a Martin Gardner magic effect

Magic Spells -- Round Two

In February\u27s Magic Spells article an ostensibly new spelling magic effect was offered. At the 9th Gather for Gardner in Atlanta last March magician Mark Setteducati recalled a Bob Hummer trick that was similar

Two Games Displayed by Butler’s 2017 Celebration of Mind

Jeremiah\u27s two games displayed by Butler\u27s 2017 Celebration of Mind

An Inscrutable Magic Square

The constant anagrams on every row, column, and all diagonals