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QA95 .G2975 2008
QA95
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G2975
2008
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0521735246 (pbk.)
(Number (ISBN
0521756103 (hbk.)
(Number (ISBN
9780521735247 (pbk.)
(Number (ISBN
9780521756105 (hbk.)
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma cube :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
Martin Gardner's mathematical diversions /
First Statement of Responsibility
Martin Gardner.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 234 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
The new Martin Gardner mathematical library ;
Volume Designation
2.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"First edition published as The 2nd Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions, Simon and Schuster, 1961"--T.p. verso.
Text of Note
"The Mathematical Association of America."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The five platonic solids -- Tetraflexagons -- Henry Ernest Dudeney : England's greatest puzzlist -- Digital roots -- Nine problems -- The Soma cube -- Recreational topology -- Phi : the golden ratio -- The monkey and the coconuts -- Mazes -- Recreational logic -- Magic squares -- James Hugh Riley shows, Inc. -- Nine more problems -- Eleusis : the introduction game -- Origami -- Squaring the square -- Mechanical puzzles -- Probability and ambiguity -- The mysterious Dr. Matrix.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In this second volume in the series, Martin Gardner introduces readers to the generalized ham sandwich theorem, origami, digital roots, magic squares, the mathematics of cooling coffee, the induction game of eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court Palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mathematical recreations.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA95
Book number
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G2975
2008
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Gardner, Martin,1914-2010.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Gardner, Martin,1914-2010.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Mathematical Association of America.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20110412111112.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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