Research Catalog

Title

Piano-hinged dissections : time to fold! / Greg N. Frederickson.

Author

Frederickson, Greg N. (Greg Norman), 1947-

Publication

Wellesley, Mass. : A.K. Peters, c2006.

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Description

xiii, 303 p. : ill.; 24 cm. +

Summary

"A piano hinge is a long, narrow hinge that runs the full length of the joint - like on the top of a grand piano - so that one piece flaps on top of or under the other piece. This mechanism can be simulated by folding a piece of paper, so you can test and experiment with piano-hinged dissections without needing special materials: just paper and scissors - and some intuition and creativity! The author provides over 150 dissections and outlines methods for discovering them. The videos on the CD provide demonstrations for creating your own dissections."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Geometric dissections
• Mathematical recreations

Genre/Form

• CD-ROMs.
• Puzzles and games

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-297) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Time to fold -- What's the flap? -- Manuscript 1: the "lost" manuscript of Ernest Irving Freese -- Swingers and twisters -- Willing converts -- Manuscript 2: Freese's unique point of view -- Quad squad -- Thinking inside the box -- Hole in one -- Folderol 1: a new wrinkle on an old problem -- Square tactics -- Triangle, triangle again -- Manuscript 3: giving Freese is due -- Hexagons, triangles, squares: Oh my! -- Folderol 2: one percent perforation -- Out of the loop -- From FIFI to ZULU, and back! -- Manuscript 4: the many sides of Ernest Freese -- Intensive square -- Staying rational -- Folderol 3: maps and flaps -- Double-crossed!! -- Stargazing -- Manifold blessings -- Manuscript 5: getting better all the time -- A mixed bag -- Pot luck -- Puzzles unfolded.

ISBN

• 156881299X (alk. paper)
• 9781568812991 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006012022

OCLC

65978672

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library