"First edition published as New mathematical diversions from Scientific American, Simon and Schuster, 1966"--T.p. verso
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"The Mathematical Association of America."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The binary system -- Group theory and braids -- Eight problems -- The games and puzzles of Lewis Carroll -- Paper cutting -- Board games -- Packing spheres -- The transcendental number [pi] -- Victor Eigen : mathemagician -- The four-color map theorem -- Mr. Apollinax visits New York -- Nine problems -- Polyominoes and fault-free rectangles -- Euler's spoilers : the discovery of an order-10 Graeco-Latin square -- The ellipse -- The 24 color squares and the 30 color cubes -- H.S.M. Coxeter -- Bridg-it and other games -- Nine more problems -- The calculus of finite differences