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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

Title
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 / Martin Gardner.
Author
Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.

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Description
ix, 200 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Uniform Title
Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions
Alternative Title
Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions
Subject
Mathematical recreations
Note
  • "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."
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 187-200.
Call Number
JSD 88-422
ISBN
0226282546 (pbk.)
LCCN
88017137
OCLC
  • 145018270
  • NYPG89-B5880
Author
Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.
Title
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 / Martin Gardner.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.
Edition
University of Chicago Press ed.
Original Version
Reprint. Originally published: The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. 187-200.
Research Call Number
JSD 88-422
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