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619494
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Gardner, Martin,1914-2010.
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Hexaflexagons, probability paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi : : Martin Gardner's first book of mathematical puzzles and games /\ Martin Gardner.
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[2nd ed.].
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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New Martin Gardner mathematical library ;; 1
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xiii, 193 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm.
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9780521756150
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: 0521756154
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: 9780521735254
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: 0521735254
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| Notes
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"The Mathematical Association of America."
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"First edition published as The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions, Simon and Schuster, 1959"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Hexaflexagons -- Magic with a matrix -- Nine problems -- Ticktacktoe -- Probability paradoxes -- The icosian game and the Tower of Hanoi -- Curious topological models -- The game of hex -- Sam Loyd : America's greatest puzzlist -- Mathematical card tricks -- Memorizing numbers -- Nine more problems -- Polyominoes -- Fallacies -- Nim and tac tix -- Left or right?
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Mathematical recreations.
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Gardner, Martin,1914-2010.
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Mathematical Association of America.
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