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_bGAR
100 _aGardner, Martin
245 _aOrigami, eleusis, and the soma cube
_bMartin Gardner's mathematicsl diversions
260 _aCambridge
_bCambridge University Press
_c2008
300 _axi,234 p.
490 _aThe new Martin Gardner mathematical library
500 _a"The Mathematical Association of America." "First edition published as The 2nd Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions, Simon and Schuster, 1961"--
505 _aThe 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
520 _aIn 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
650 _aJeux mathématiques
650 _aMatematiska lekar
650 _aPuzzles and games
690 _aMathematics
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