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BL
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699030
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b521219
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| Main Entry
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Gardner, Martin,1914-2010
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| Title & Author
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New mathematical diversions /\ Martin Gardner
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| Edition Statement
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Revised edition
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Mathematical Association of America,, [1995]
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, ©1995
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| Series Statement
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MAA spectrum
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| Page. NO
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268 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0883855178
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| Notes
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Revised edition of: Martin Gardner's new mathematical diversions from Scientific American. 1983, c1966
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268)
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| Contents
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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 -- Polyominies 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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| Subject
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Mathematical recreations
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| LC Classification
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QA95.G295 1995
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| Added Entry
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Gardner, Martin,1914-2010.
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