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" Sphere packing, Lewis Carroll, and reversi : "
Martin Gardner
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658663
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Gardner, Martin,1914-2010
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Sphere packing, Lewis Carroll, and reversi : : Martin Gardner's new mathematical diversions /\ Martin Gardner
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The new Martin Gardner mathematical library ;; 3
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xiv, 282 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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9780521756075
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: 0521756073
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: 0521747015
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"The Mathematical Association of America."
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"First edition published as New mathematical diversions from Scientific American, Simon and Schuster, 1966"--T.p. verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The binary system -- Group theory and braids -- Eight problems -- The games and puzzles of Lewis Carroll -- Paper cutting -- Board games -- Packing spheres -- The transcendental number [pi] -- Victor Eigen : mathemagician -- The four-color map theorem -- Mr. Apollinax visits New York -- Nine problems -- Polyominoes and fault-free rectangles -- Euler's spoilers : the discovery of an order-10 Graeco-Latin square -- The ellipse -- The 24 color squares and the 30 color cubes -- H.S.M. Coxeter -- Bridg-it and other games -- Nine more problems -- The calculus of finite differences
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Carroll, Lewis,1832-1898
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QA95.G323 2009
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Gardner, Martin,1914-2010.
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Mathematical Association of America
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