Knots and borromean rings, rep-tiles, and eight queens : Martin Gardner's unexpected hanging
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Knots and borromean rings, rep-tiles, and eight queens : Martin Gardner's unexpected hanging
（The new Martin Gardner mathematical library, 4）
Mathematical Association of America , Cambridge University Press, 2014
- : hbk
- : pbk
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"First published as Unexpected Hangings, and Other Mathematical Diversions, by Simon & Schuster, 1968", "New edition published 2014" -- T.p verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The hangman's paradox, cat's cradle, gambling, peg solitaire, pi and e - all these and more are back in Martin Gardner's inimitable style, with updates on new developments and discoveries. Read about how knots and molecules are related; take a trip into the fourth dimension; try out new dissections of stars, crosses and polygons; and challenge yourself with new twists on classic games.
Table of Contents
- 1. The paradox of the unexpected hanging
- 2. Knots and Borromean rings
- 3. The transcendental number e
- 4. Geometric dissections
- 5. Scarne on gambling
- 6. The church of the fourth dimension
- 7. Eight problems
- 8. A matchbox game-learning machine
- 9. Spirals
- 10. Rotations and reflections
- 11. Peg solitaire
- 12. Flatlands
- 13. Chicago magic convention
- 14. Tests of divisibility
- 15. Nine problems
- 16. The eight queens and other chessboard diversions
- 17. A loop of string
- 18. Curves of constant width
- 19. Rep-tiles: replicating figures in the plane
- 20. Thirty-seven catch questions.
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