| Edition |
University of Chicago Press edition. |
| Description |
254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Cover title: The second Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles and diversions. |
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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1961. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 245-251. |
| Summary |
Mathematical puzzles from origami to recreational logic, from digital roots and dudeny puzzles to the diabolic square, from the golden ratio to the generalized ham sandwich theorem. |
| 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 Induction Game -- Origami -- Squaring the Square -- Mechanical Puzzles -- Probability and Ambiguity -- The Mysterious Dr. Matrix . |
| Subject |
Mathematical recreations.
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| Added Title |
Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions
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Second Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles and diversions.
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| ISBN |
0226282538 paperback $9.95 (est.) |
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9780226282534 paperback |
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