:the first Scientific American book of puzzles & games
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Martin Gardner, with a new afterword by the author
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 1988.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 200 p.
Other Physical Details
: ill. ; 21.
GENERAL NOTES
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Reprint. Originally published: The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.
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"Paradoxes and paperfolding, Moebius variations and mnemonics, fallacies, brain-teasers, magic squares, topological curiosities, probability, and a variety of ancient and new problems, from polyominoes and hex to four-dimensional ticktacktoe, and including, of course, solutions."
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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e
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Bibliography: p. 187-200.
UNIFORM TITLE
[Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions]