This delightful collection from the magician of math introduces readers to magic squares, the Generalized Ham Sandwich Theorem, origami, digital roots, an update of the Induction Game of Eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles.
"Gardner is often the clown prince of science. . . . His Mathematical Games column in "Scientific American" is one of the few bridges over C. P. Snow's famous 'gulf of mutual incomprehension' that lies between the technical and literary cultures." "Time
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- ISBN10 0226282538
- ISBN13 9780226282534
- Publish Date 15 August 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 August 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Edition 2nd Univ of Chicago PR ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English