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020 _a9780521756150
041 _aeng
080 _a51
_bGAR
100 _aGardner, Martin
245 _aHexaflexagons, probability paradoxes, and the tower of hanoi
_bMartin Gardner's first book of mathematical puzzles and games
260 _aCambridge
_bCambridge University Press
_c2008
300 _axiii,193 p.
440 _aNew Martin Gardner mathematical library
505 _aHexaflexagons Magic with a matrix Nine problems Ticktacktoe Probability paradoxes The icosian game and the Tower of Hanoi Curious topological models The game of hex Sam Loyd : America's greatest puzzlist Mathematical card tricks Memorizing numbers Nine more problems Polyominoes Fallacies Nim and tac tix Left or right?
520 _aThe mathematical recreations presented here are designed to delight and perplex while demonstrating mathematical principles. The book contains the earliest of Gardner's popular 'Scientific American' columns, now with updated information on new game variations, mathematical proofs and other developments
650 _aMathematical recreations
650 _aMatematiska lekar
650 _aPuzzles and games
690 _aMathematics
942 _cBK
999 _c23635
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