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Hexaflexagons and other mathematical diversions : the first Scientific American book of puzzles & games
Title:
Hexaflexagons and other mathematical diversions : the first Scientific American book of puzzles & games
Author:
Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions
Publication Information:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.
Physical Description:
ix, 200 pages : illustrations ; 21.
General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.

"Paradoxes and paperfolding, Moebius variations and mnemonics, fallacies, brain-teasers, magic squares, topological curiosities, probability, and a variety of ancient and new problems, from polyominoes and hex to four-dimensional ticktacktoe, and including, of course, solutions."
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780226282541
Format :
Book