Hexaflexagons, probability paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi : Martin Gardner's first book of mathematical puzzles and games
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Hexaflexagons, probability paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi : Martin Gardner's first book of mathematical puzzles and games
（The new Martin Gardner mathematical library）
Cambridge University Press, 2008
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Paradoxes and paper-folding, Moebius variations and mnemonics, fallacies, magic squares, topological curiosities, parlor tricks, and games ancient and modern, from Polyominoes, Nim, Hex, and the Tower of Hanoi to four-dimensional ticktacktoe. These mathematical recreations, clearly and cleverly presented by Martin Gardner, delight and perplex while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other fields of mathematics. Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi is the inaugural volume in Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Library. This book of the earliest of Gardner's enormously popular Scientific American columns and puzzles continues to challenge and fascinate readers. Now the author, in consultation with experts, has added updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries.
Table of Contents
- 1. Hexaflexagons
- 2. Magic with a matrix
- 3. Nine problems
- 4. Ticktacktoe
- 5. Probability paradoxes
- 6. The icosian game and the Tower of Hanoi
- 7. Curious topological models
- 8. The game of hex
- 9. Sam Loyd: America's greatest puzzlist
- 10. Mathematical card tricks
- 11. Memorizing numbers
- 12. Nine more problems
- 13. Polyominoes
- 14. Fallacies
- 15. Nim and tac tix
- 16. Left or right.
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