Hexaflexagons and other mathematical diversions the first Scientific American book of puzzles & games : with a new afterword by the author, and an extensive new bibliography

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Main Author: Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.
Edition:University of Chicago Press ed.
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Item Description:Reprint. Originally published: The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.
"Paradoxes and paperfolding, Moebius variations and mnemonics, fallacies, brain-teasers, magic squares, topological curiosities, probability, and a variety of ancient and new problems, from polyominoes and hex to four-dimensional ticktacktoe, and including, of course, solutions."
Physical Description:ix, 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. 187-200.
ISBN:0226282546 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Martin Gardner is the author of more than seventy books on a vast range of topics including "Did Adam & Eve Have Navels?", "Calculus Made Easy", & "The Annotated Alice". He lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

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