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Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma cube : Martin Gardner's mathematical diversions / Martin Gardner.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Gardner, Martin, New Martin Gardner mathematical library ; 2.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xi, 234 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780521756105 (hbk.)
  • 0521756103 (hbk.)
  • 9780521735247 (pbk.)
  • 0521735246 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 793.74 22
LOC classification:
  • QA95 .G2975 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
The five platonic solids -- Tetraflexagons -- Henry Ernest Dudeney : England's greatest puzzlist -- Digital roots -- Nine problems -- The Soma cube -- Recreational topology -- Phi : the golden ratio -- The monkey and the coconuts -- Mazes -- Recreational logic -- Magic squares -- James Hugh Riley shows, Inc. -- Nine more problems -- Eleusis : the introduction game -- Origami -- Squaring the square -- Mechanical puzzles -- Probability and ambiguity -- The mysterious Dr. Matrix.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QA95 .G2975 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001073849

"The Mathematical Association of America."

"First edition published as The 2nd Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions, Simon and Schuster, 1961"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The five platonic solids -- Tetraflexagons -- Henry Ernest Dudeney : England's greatest puzzlist -- Digital roots -- Nine problems -- The Soma cube -- Recreational topology -- Phi : the golden ratio -- The monkey and the coconuts -- Mazes -- Recreational logic -- Magic squares -- James Hugh Riley shows, Inc. -- Nine more problems -- Eleusis : the introduction game -- Origami -- Squaring the square -- Mechanical puzzles -- Probability and ambiguity -- The mysterious Dr. Matrix.

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