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" Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma cube : "
Martin Gardner.
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BL
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658664
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Gardner, Martin,1914-2010.
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Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma cube : : Martin Gardner's mathematical diversions /\ Martin Gardner.
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2008.
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The new Martin Gardner mathematical library ;; 2.
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xi, 234 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm.
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9780521756105 (hbk.)
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: 0521756103 (hbk.)
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: 9780521735247 (pbk.)
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: 0521735246 (pbk.)
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"The Mathematical Association of America."
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"First edition published as The 2nd Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions, Simon and Schuster, 1961"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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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.
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Mathematical recreations.
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QA95.G2975 2008
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Gardner, Martin,1914-2010.
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Mathematical Association of America.
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