I just noticed that no two of you shook hands the same number of times.” How many hands did Leila and Sahar each shake?

Editor’s Note: Published in 1957, this article comes from Martin Gardner’s legendary Scientific American column Mathematical Games. Read more in our special digital issue, Fun and Games.

Robert Crease writes in The Wall Street Journal about the biennial gathering to celebrate and be inspired by Martin Gardner, who wrote the "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American for 25 ...

In an interview, the publication’s senior writer and deputy editor, Allyn Jackson, speaks with Martin Gardner, whose “Mathematical Games” column ran for 25 years in Scientific American ...

Martin Gardner, for 25 years the master of matters mathematical for Scientific American’s “Mathematical Games” column and later the punisher of the paranormal and the pseudoscientific in his ...

In 1956 he began to provide a monthly column for Scientific American called "Mathematical Games"; it offered puzzles, tricks and riddles, and sometimes difficult mathematical problems.

But Hello Games, the team behind the upcoming PS4 and PC title "No Man's Sky," which is scheduled for release this year, is doing the best it can — and so far, it looks spectacular.. A huge ...

Rolling dice, counting spaces and managing your play resources are big tasks for young children. Board games that incorporate those elements are often helpful in building math abilities, study shows.

While hours-long Monopoly games may lead to friendly rivalry among family and friends, board games like the rainbow-colored classic can help young children improve their math skills.A ssmall study ...