Boris A. Kordemsky ; edited and with an introduction by Martin Gardner ; translated by Albert Parry.
New York :
C. Scribner's Sons,
c1972.
309 p. :
ill. ;
23 cm.
"Some of the puzzles appeared first in Horizon." --T.p. verso.
Includes answers.
Includes index.
Translation of Matematicheskai͡a smekalka.
Amusing problems -- Difficult problems -- Geometry with matches -- Measure seven times before you cut -- Skill will find its application everywhere -- Dominoes and dice -- Properties of nine -- With algebra and without it -- Mathematics with almost no calculations -- Mathematical games and tricks -- Divisibility -- Cross sums and magic squares -- Numbers curious and serious -- Numbers ancient but eternally young.