Description: Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi Martin Gardner's First Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games The first of fifteen updated editions of the collected Mathematical Games of Martin Gardner, king of recreational mathematics. Martin Gardner (Author) 9780521735254, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 8 September 2008 208 pages 21.7 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.25 kg 'I believe that many readers will enjoy the book with great pleasure.' EMS Newsletter 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. 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. Subject Areas: Popular science [PDZ], Mathematics [PB]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Popular science [PDZ]
BIC Subject Area 2: Mathematics [PB]
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi: Martin Gardner's First Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Subject: Mathematics
Item Height: 204 mm
Item Weight: 240 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Martin Gardner
Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library
Item Width: 126 mm
Format: Paperback
