Are Universes Thicker Than Blackberries?: Discourses on Godel, Magic Hexagrams, Little Red Riding Hood, and Other Mathematical and Pseudoscientific Topics

I love Martin Gardner, but I did not find this to be one of his more interesting works. There were parts of it that were excellent, in Gardner style, but as with many collections of previously written essays, there were a number that failed to hold my interest. In a book like this, it's often a good idea to sort of skip from place to place, picking those that work, and moving on from those that don't without finishing them; unfortunately, I am incapable of doing this.

Gardner's scepticism is an admirable weapon when turned on deserving subjects, but his didactic reductionism limits his scientific imagination.

Some good stuff, but the erstwhile Mathematical Gamester may be getting a tad cranky and misdirected in his old age. He's not a bright.