MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01674nam a22002778a 4500
001 2009010286
003 DLC
005 20090331140138.0
008 090326s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009010286
020 $a9780809087372 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0809087375 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aQ173$b.G355 2009
082 00 $a500$222
100 1 $aGardner, Martin,$d1914-
245 10 $aWhen you were a tadpole and I was a fish :$band other speculations about this and that /$cMartin Gardner.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHill and Wang,$c2009.
263 $a0910
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aScience -- Ann Coulter takes on Darwin -- Isaac Newton's vast ocean of truth -- Bull's eyes and famous fumbles -- Mr. Belloc objects -- Mr. Belloc still objects -- Bogus science -- Why I am not a paranormalist -- New thought, unity, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox -- Was the sinking of the Titanic foretold? -- Dracula makes a martini -- Fibonacci sequences -- Tiling mutilated chessboards -- Is Ruben Hersch "out there"? -- Logic -- The explosion of blaggage's oracle -- The erasing of Philbert the Fudger -- The wonderful Wizard of Oz -- The life and adventures of Santa Claus -- Tales of the long bow -- When you were a tadpole and i was a fish -- The curious case of Frank Tipler -- The comic pratfall of Richard Roberts -- Why I am not an atheist -- The coloured lands -- The price we pay -- Politics -- Is socialism a dirty word?
650 0 $aScience$vMiscellanea.
650 0 $aMathematics$vMiscellanea.
650 0 $aQuestions and answers.