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Book Title
The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & ...
ISBN
0226282538
EAN
9780226282534
Release Title
The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & ...
Artist
Gardner
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226282538
ISBN-13
9780226282534
eBay Product ID (ePID)
82001

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
Language
English
Subject
Puzzles, Recreations & Games
Publication Year
1987
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics, Games & Activities
Author
Martin Gardner
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
87-010760
Dewey Edition
19
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
793.7/4
Edition Description
Reprint
Table Of Content
Introduction 1. The Five Platonic Solids 2. Tetraflexagons 3. Henry Ernest Dudeney: England's Greatest Puzzlist 4. Digital Roots 5. Nine Problems 6. The Soma Cube 7. Recreational Topology 8. Phi: The Golden Ratio 9. The Monkey and the Coconuts 10. Mazes 11. Recreational Logic 12. Magic Squares 13. James Hugh Riley Shows, Inc. 14. Nine More Problems 15. Eleusis: The Induction Game 16. Origami 17. Squaring the Square 18. Mechanical Puzzles 19. Probability and Ambiguity 20. The Mysterious Dr. Matrix References for Further Reading Postscript
Synopsis
This delightful collection from the magician of math introduces readers to magic squares, the Generalized Ham Sandwich Theorem, origami, digital roots, an update of the Induction Game of Eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles. "Gardner is often the clown prince of science. . . . His Mathematical Games column in "Scientific American" is one of the few bridges over C. P. Snow's famous 'gulf of mutual incomprehension' that lies between the technical and literary cultures." "Time"", This delightful collection from the magician of math introduces readers to magic squares, the Generalized Ham Sandwich Theorem, origami, digital roots, an update of the Induction Game of Eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles. "Gardner is often the clown prince of science. . . . His Mathematical Games column in Scientific American is one of the few bridges over C. P. Snow's famous 'gulf of mutual incomprehension' that lies between the technical and literary cultures."-- Time
LC Classification Number
QA95.G16 1987

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