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Origami, eleusis, and the soma cube : Martin Gardner's mathematical diversions / Martin Gardner.

By: Series: The New Martin Gardner mathematical library ; No. 2Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press : Mathematical Association of America, 2008.Description: xi, 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521756105 (hbk.)
  • 0521756103 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 793.74 GAR
Contents:
1. The five platonic solids. 2. Tetraflexagons. 3. Henry Dudeney: England's greatest puzzlist. 4. Digital roots. 5. Nine problems. 6. The soma cube. 7. Recreational topology. 8. Phi: the golden ratio. 9. The monkey and the coconuts. 10. Mazes. 11. Recreational logic. 12. Magic squares. 13. James Hugh Riley Shows, Inc. 14. Nine more problems. 15. Eleusis: the induction game. 16. Origami. 17. Squaring the square. 18. Mechanical puzzles. 19. Probability and ambiguity. 20. The mysterious Dr. Matrix.
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1. The five platonic solids. 2. Tetraflexagons. 3. Henry Dudeney: England's greatest puzzlist. 4. Digital roots. 5. Nine problems. 6. The soma cube. 7. Recreational topology. 8. Phi: the golden ratio. 9. The monkey and the coconuts. 10. Mazes. 11. Recreational logic. 12. Magic squares. 13. James Hugh Riley Shows, Inc. 14. Nine more problems. 15. Eleusis: the induction game. 16. Origami. 17. Squaring the square. 18. Mechanical puzzles. 19. Probability and ambiguity. 20. The mysterious Dr. Matrix.

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