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Hexaflexagons, probability paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi : Martin Gardner's first book of mathematical puzzles and games / Martin Gardner.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Gardner, Martin, New Martin Gardner mathematical library ; 1.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Edition: [2nd ed.]Description: xiii, 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521756150 (hardback)
  • 0521756154 (hardback)
  • 9780521735254 (pbk.)
  • 0521735254 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 793.74 22
LOC classification:
  • QA95 .G247 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Hexaflexagons -- Magic with a matrix -- Nine problems -- Ticktacktoe -- Probability paradoxes -- The icosian game and the Tower of Hanoi -- Curious topological models -- The game of hex -- Sam Loyd : America's greatest puzzlist -- Mathematical card tricks -- Memorizing numbers -- Nine more problems -- Polyominoes -- Fallacies -- Nim and tac tix -- Left or right?

"The Mathematical Association of America."

"First edition published as The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions, Simon and Schuster, 1959"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hexaflexagons -- Magic with a matrix -- Nine problems -- Ticktacktoe -- Probability paradoxes -- The icosian game and the Tower of Hanoi -- Curious topological models -- The game of hex -- Sam Loyd : America's greatest puzzlist -- Mathematical card tricks -- Memorizing numbers -- Nine more problems -- Polyominoes -- Fallacies -- Nim and tac tix -- Left or right?

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