Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma cube : Martin Gardner's mathematical diversions /
Martin Gardner.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- xi, 234 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- The new Martin Gardner mathematical library ; 2 .
- Gardner, Martin, 1914- New Martin Gardner mathematical library ; 2. .
"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.