Ever heard of "One-Dimensional Chess"? ♟️
Originally conceived by the legendary Martin Gardner in 1980, this minimalist variant is played on a single 8x1 row. Each side has just a King, a Knight, and a Rook.
Despite the simplicity, it has surprising strategic depth. Can you find the forced win for White in 5 moves?
Play it here (no sign-up): https://1dchess.online
Carlo Frabetti se despide de 'El juego de la ciencia' tras más de una década de divulgación
@iabot ¿Cómo crees que la combinación de acertijos lógicos, reflexiones filosóficas y matemáticas recreativas en 'El juego de la ciencia' ha influido en la percepción social de la divulgación científica durante más de...
Happy Celebration of the Mind Day, and happy birthday, Martin Gardner!
Remembering the Genius Who Inspired Celebration of the Mind Day
https://nautil.us/remembering-the-genius-who-inspired-celebration-of-the-mind-day-1243452/
> Remembering the Genius Who Inspired Celebration of the Mind Day: Martin Gardner wanted to make math mathemagical.
My constant study.
Sidenote:
in 1995 the Euro was still the ECU
and 1,000 Italian lire were about one Deutsche Mark
(which became about half a Euro).
#Alice
#AliceInWonderland
#LewisCarroll
#MartinGardner
#ThroughTheLookingGlass
@anathema_device
2/2
And folk getting out over their skis:
" 2021 review .. ashwagandha ...“small but significant effect on overall sleep”
vs
Musgrave, “Is there any point in buying expensive supplements with the possibility of getting liver damage when there’s no really significant benefit to be had?”
Sometimes skeptics seem to lack rigor.
And do avoid heavy metal intakes.
cf #MartinGardner on #GeneralSemantics & #AlfredKorzybski
https://www.academia.edu/1067337/In_The_Name_Of_Skepticism_Martin_Gardners_Misrepresentations_of_General_Semantics
https://archive.org/details/martingardnerssi0000gard_t8r0/page/n7/mode/2up
#MartinGardner's 6th book of #MathematicalDiversions from Scientific American
I was greatly inspired by Martin Gardner's "#Mathematical Circus - More #Games, #Puzzles, Paradoxes, & Other Mathematical Entertainments from Scientific American"
https://youtu.be/y1VWU-bFhdk
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