Hexaflexagons and other mathematical diversions the first Scientific American book of puzzles & games / Martin Gardner, with a new afterword by the author and an extensive new bibliography.

Author/creator Gardner, Martin
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.
Descriptionix, 200 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subjects

General noteReprint. Originally published: The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.
General note"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."
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 187-200.
Other title Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions.
LCCN 88017137
ISBN0226282546 (pbk.)