More Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions

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Cover artist
George Hardy
Language
English
Original language
English
Publisher
Penguin Books
Categories
Mathematics and puzzle
Publication year
1963
Original publication year
1961
ISBN
0-14-02-0748-1
Pages
186
Has read?
Yes
Debut?
No

Synopsis

This book is written in the same vein as Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions.

Review

I truly loved this book. My favorite chapters are The Five Platonic Solids, Mazes, and Eleusis: The Induction Game.

Table of contents

  • Introduction
  1. The Five Platonic Solids
  2. Tetraflexagons
  3. Henry Ernest Dudeney: England's Greatest Puzzlist
  4. Digital Roots
  5. Nine Problems
  6. The Soma Cube
  7. Recreational Topology
  8. Phi: The Golden Ratio
  9. The Monkey and the Coconuts
  10. Mazes
  11. Recreational Logic
  12. Magic Squares
  13. James Hugh Riley Shows, Inc.
  14. Nine More Problems
  15. Eleusis: The Induction Game
  16. Origami
  17. Squaring the Square
  18. Mechanical Puzzles
  19. Probability and Ambiguity
  • References for Further Reading