The Mathematical Magpie ed. Clifton Fadiman (Simon & Schuster, 1962, $4.95, 300pp, hc, an)
Subtitled “Being more stories, mainly transcendental, plus subsets of essays, rhymes, music, anecdotes, epigrams, and other prime oddments and diversions, rational or irrational, all derived from the infinite domain of mathematics”.
- x · Cartoon (“No One Can Touch Me”) · Abner Dean · ct from What Am I Doing Here?, Simon & Schuster, 1947
- xii · Introduction · Clifton Fadiman · in
- 1 · I. A Set of Imaginaries
- 2 · [cartoon] · Alan Dunn · ct The Saturday Review of Literature March 1955
- 3 · The Feeling of Power · Isaac Asimov · ss If February 1958
- 15 · The Law · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker November 29 1947
- 20 · The Appendix and the Spectacles · Miles J. Breuer, M.D. · ss Amazing Stories December 1928
- 33 · Paul Bunyan Versus the Conveyor Belt · William Hazlett Upson · ss Ford Times July 1949
- 36 · The Pacifist [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Fantastic Universe October 1956
- 48 · The Hermeneutical Doughnut [C.P. Ransom] · H. Nearing, Jr. · ss The Sinister Researches of C.P. Ransom by H. Nearing, Jr., Doubleday, 1954
- 70 · Star, Bright · Mark Clifton · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1952
- 97 · F Y I · James Blish · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 107 · The Vanishing Man · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926
- 111 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 119 · II. Comic Sections
- 121 · Three Mathematical Diversions · Raymond Queneau; translated by Barbara Wright · gp (r)
- _121 · 1. An Exercise in Style: Mathematical · Raymond Queneau; translated by Barbara Wright · fa Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau, tr. Barbara Wright, Gaberbocchus, 1958
translated from the French (Exercices de style, Gallimard, 1947).
- _124 · 2. On the Aerodynamics of Addition · Raymond Queneau; translated by Barbara Wright · fa Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau, tr. Barbara Wright, Gaberbocchus, 1958
translated from the French (Exercices de style, Gallimard, 1947).
- _125 · 3. The Geometrical Disappearance of Dino · Raymond Queneau; translated by Barbara Wright · fa Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau, tr. Barbara Wright, Gaberbocchus, 1958
translated from the French (Exercices de style, Gallimard, 1947).
- 127 · The Wonderful World of Figures · Corey Ford · ar from Corey Ford’s Guide to Thinking, Doubleday, 1961
- 131 · A, B and C—The Human Element in Mathematics · Stephen Leacock · ar Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910
- 136 · B.C. · Johnny Hart · ct New York Herald Tribune August 1961
- 137 · A Note on the Einstein Theory · Max Beerbohm · ss The Windmill 1923
- 141 · The Achievement of H.T. Wensel · H. Allen Smith · ss The Saturday Review of Literature May 1960
- 143 · Needed: Feminine Math · Parke Cummings · ar from The Fly in the Martini, Hill and Wang, 1961
- 144 · Life in California Department · Parke Cummings · ms The New Yorker February 1961
- 145 · [cartoon] · Alfred Fruch · ct The New Yorker April 1958
- 146 · Two Extracts · Mark Twain · ex (r)
- 148 · Mathematics for Golfers · Stephen Leacock · ar Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910
- 153 · Mathematician’s Nightmare: The Vision of Professor Squarepunt · Bertrand Russell · ss Nightmares of Eminent Persons by Bertrand Russell, Allen & Unwin, 1954
- 159 · Milo and the Mathemagician · Norton Juster · ex from The Phantom Tollbooth, Epstein & Carroll, 1961
- 177 · III. Irregular Figures
- 178 · Alligator Walking Line · Saul Steinberg · ct 1960
- 179 · Sixteen Stones · Samuel Beckett; translated by Patrick Bowles · ss from Molloy, Grove Press, 1955
translated from the French (Molloy, Les Éditions de Minuit, 1951).
- 186 · O’Brien’s Table · J. L. Synge · ss Science: Sense and Nonsense by J. L. Synge, Jonathan Cape, 1951
- 191 · The Abominable Mr. Gunn · Robert Graves · ss Punch June 29 1955
- 196 · Coconuts · Ben Ames Williams · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 9 1926
- 215 · Euclid and the Bright Boy · J. L. Synge · ss Science: Sense and Nonsense by J. L. Synge, Jonathan Cape, 1951
- 219 · The Purse of Fortunatus · Lewis Carroll · ex from Sylvie and Bruno, Macmillan, December 1889
- 222 · Man in Cube · Saul Steinberg · ct The New Yorker September 1960
- 223 · The Symbolic Logic of Murder · John Reese · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1960
- 239 · IV. Simple Harmonic Motions
- 240 · [cartoon] · James Frankfort · ct The Village Voice October 1961
- 241 · The Square of the Hypotenuse · Johnny Mercer, music by Saul Chaplin · sg (r)
from the soundtrack of Merry Andrew (1958).
- 245 · The Ta Ta · Sidney H. Sime, music by Joseph Charles Holbrooke · sg Bogey Beasts by Sidney H. Sime & Joseph Charles Holbrooke, Goodwin & Tabb, 1923
- 251 · V. Dividends and Remainders
- 252 · Question Mark on a Seesaw · Saul Steinberg · ct The New Yorker July 1960
- 253 · Apothems
- _253 · Apothems · George Christoph Lichtenberg · ex from The Lichtenberg Reader, Beacon Press, 1959
- _254 · Apothems · Stanislaw Jerzy Lec; translated by Jacek Galazka · ex from Unkempt Thoughts, St. Martin's, 1962
translated from the Polish (Myśli nieuczesane, 1957).
- _254 · Apothems · G. Polya · ex from How to Solve It, Princeton University Press, 1945
- _255 · Apothem · Lewis Carroll · ex from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan, November 1865
- _255 · Apothem · Jules Renard · ex from Histoires Naturelles (r)
translated from the French (Histoires Naturelles, Ernest Flammarion, 1896).
- _255 · Apothem · George Orwell · ex from Animal Farm, Secker & Warburg, August 1945
- _255 · Apothem · Goethe · ms (r)
- _255 · Apothem · Winston Churchill · ms (r)
- _256 · Apothem · J. B. Mencken · ex from De Charlataneria Eruditorum, 1715
- _256 · Apothem · Augustus De Morgan · ex from A Budget of Paradoxes, Longmans, Green, 1872
- _256 · Apothem · Etienne Bonnot de Condillac · ms (r)
- _256 · Apothem · Bill Mortlock · ex from Lawyer, Heal Thyself, Gollancz, 1959
- _256 · Apothem · [uncredited] · ms (r)
- 257 · A Subset of Anecdotes
- _257 · Euler, Diderot, Algebra and God · Augustus De Morgan · ex from A Budget of Paradoxes, Longmans, Green, 1872
- _258 · Paradise Lost at Cambridge · Thomas Jefferson Hogg · ms (r)
- _258 · With Apologies to Bolyai · George Gamow · ex from One Two Three…Infinity, Viking, 1947
- _259 · Extinction by Subtraction · W. W. R. Ball · ex from Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Macmillan, 1892; given as by R. Ball.
- _259 · π and the Actuary · W. W. R. Ball · ex from Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Macmillan, 1892; given as by R. Ball.
- _259 · That Mason-Dixon Line · Simon Newcomb · ms (r)
- _260 · Mathematics Chez Madame Mariette · Elliot Paul · ex from The Last Time I Saw Paris, Random House, 1942
- _261 · The Devil a Mathematician Would Be · A. J. Lohwater · ms (r)
- 262 · A Little Nursery Mathematics
- _262 · untitled (“Multiplication is vexation”) · [uncredited] · pm The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren ed. Peter & Iona Opie, Clarendon Press, 1959
- _262 · untitled (“Automation Is Vexation”) · Frederick Winsor · pm The Space Child’s Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor, Simon & Schuster, 1958
- _263 · untitled (“Make three-fourths of a cross”) · [uncredited] · pm The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes ed. Peter & Iona Opie, Clarendon Press, 1951
- _263 · untitled (“Three jolly sailors from Blaydon-on-Tyne”) · Frederick Winsor · pm The Space Child’s Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor, Simon & Schuster, 1958
- _263 · untitled (“Flappity, Floppity, Flip!”) · Frederick Winsor · pm The Space Child’s Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor, Simon & Schuster, 1958
- _263 · untitled (“Little Jack Horner”) · Frederick Winsor · pm The Space Child’s Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor, Simon & Schuster, 1958
- _264 · untitled (“A diller, a dollar”) · L. A. Graham · pm Ingenious Mathematical Problems and Methods by L. A. Graham, Courier Corporation, 1959
- _264 · untitled (“A mathematician named Ray”) · L. A. Graham · pm Ingenious Mathematical Problems and Methods by L. A. Graham, Courier Corporation, 1959
- _264 · untitled (“See Saw, Marjorie Daw”) · L. A. Graham · pm Ingenious Mathematical Problems and Methods by L. A. Graham, Courier Corporation, 1959
- 265 · A Quadrinomial of Poems
- _265 · To a Missing Member of a Family Group of Terms in an Algebraic Formula · J. J. Sylvester · pm (r)
- _266 · Portrait of a Mathematician · Christopher Morley · pm New York, New York and Other Poems 1930-1956 by Christopher Morley, Doubleday, 1950
- _266 · from “The Dunciad” · Alexander Pope · pm The Daily Post May 1728
- _266 · Geometry · William Wordsworth · ex from The Prelude, Edward Moxon, 1850
- 269 · Surd and Absurd
- _269 · Me · Hilbert Schenck · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1959
- _270 · [cartoon] · Leo Demare · ct Man’s Magazine 1958
- _271 · Song of the Screw · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- _273 · The Modern Hiawatha · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- _274 · The Loves of the Triangles · John Hookham Frere & George Canning · pm Anti-Jacobin, or Weekly Examiner 1798
- _276 · The Mathematician in Love · W. J. M. Rankine · pm Songs and Fables by W. J. M. Rankine, Macmillan, 1874
- _278 · E=mc2 · Morris Bishop · pm The New Yorker October 26 1946
- _278 · Engineer’s Yell · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 279 · untitled (“Youths who would senior wranglers be”) · Dr. William Whewell · pm 1925
- 279 · untitled (“The answer is, said Dr. North”) · Stephen Barr · pm 1925
- 279 · Note on θ, φ, and ψ · Michael Roberts · pm The New Statesman March 23 1935
- 281 · A Song Against Circles · R. P. Lister · pm The New Yorker May 13 1961
- 281 · Wockyjabber · Hilbert Schenck, Jr. · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1960
- 282 · Einstein: A Parody in the Manner of Edw-n Markh-m · Louis Untermeyer · ss Collected Parodies by Louis Untermeyer, Harcourt, Brace & Howe, 1926
- 283 · Tending to Infinity · J. L. Synge · pm 1957
- 283 · The Superlative Degree · Earnest Elmo Calkins · pm The Saturday Review of Literature May 1959
- 283 · The Magic Box · W. R. Baker · pm Harper’s Magazine April 1928
- 284 · The Kiss Precise · Frederick Soddy · pm Nature June 1936
- 285 · The Kiss Precise (Generalized) · Thorold Gossett · pm Nature January 1937
- 286 · The Hexlet · Frederick Soddy · pm Nature December 1936
- 287 · Short Cuts to Success · Ronald A. Knox · ms The Salopian November 1917
- 289 · A Group of Limericks
- 289 · untitled (“There was a young lady named Bright”) · A. H. Reginald Buller · pm Punch December 19 1923, as “Relativity”
- 290 · untitled (“To her friends said the Bright one in chatter”) · A. H. Reginald Buller · pm (r)
- 290 · There Was an Old Man Who Said, “Do…” · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 290 · Snip, Snip · Hilbert Schenck, Jr. · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1959
- 291 · [cartoon] · Paul Peter Porges · ct The American Legion Magazine July 1955
- 292 · The Young Man of Sid. Sussex · Arthur C. Hilton · pm 1945
- 292 · Pun in Orbit · Hilbert Schenck, Jr. · pm
- 292 · A Mathematician Confided · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 293 · A Mathematician Named Klein · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 294 · Three Random Points
- 294 · The Map of England and the Absolute · George Santayana · ex from “Character and Opinion in the United States”, The Atlantic Monthly November 1920
- 296 · Cupid with an Adding Machine · Charles D. Rice · ss This Week September 1960
- 298 · The Miniver Problem · Jan Struther · ex from Mrs. Miniver, Harcourt Brace & World, 1940
- 298 · [solution to the Miniver Problem] · L. A. Graham · ms Ingenious Mathematical Problems and Methods by L. A. Graham, Courier Corporation, 1959
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