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Pubblicato il 16 Agosto 2008 da Cambridge University Press.
Hexaflexagons, probability paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi
Martin Gardner's first book of mathematical puzzles and games The new Martin Gardner mathematical library
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Paradoxes and paperfolding, moebius variations and mnemonics, fallacies, brain-teasers, magic squares, topological curiosities, probability and parlor tricks, and a variety of ancient and new games and problems, from polyominoes, nim, hex and the Tower of Hanoi to four-dimensional ticktacktoe. Together with mathematical commentaries by Mr. Gardner and addenda from readers of Scientific American. Plus bibliographies and, of course, solutions.
Argomenti
- Mathematical recreations