TY - BOOK AU - Gardner, Martin TI - Origami, eleusis, and the soma cube : Martin Gardner's mathematicsl diversions T2 - The new Martin Gardner mathematical library SN - 9780521735247 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Jeux mathématiques KW - Matematiska lekar KW - Puzzles and games N1 - "The Mathematical Association of America." "First edition published as The 2nd Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions, Simon and Schuster, 1961"--; 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 introduction game Origami Squaring the square Mechanical puzzles Probability and ambiguity The mysterious Dr. Matrix N2 - In this second volume in the series, Martin Gardner introduces readers to the generalized ham sandwich theorem, origami, digital roots, magic squares, the mathematics of cooling coffee, the induction game of eleusis,Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court Palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles ER -