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Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens Martin Gardner

Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens By Martin Gardner

Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens by Martin Gardner

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Challenge yourself with new twists on the hangman's paradox, cat's cradle, gambling, peg solitaire, pi and e. All of these and more are back in Martin Gardner's inimitable style, with updates on the latest developments and discoveries.

Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens Summary

Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens: Martin Gardner's Unexpected Hanging by Martin Gardner

The hangman's paradox, cat's cradle, gambling, peg solitaire, pi and e - all these and more are back in Martin Gardner's inimitable style, with updates on new developments and discoveries. Read about how knots and molecules are related; take a trip into the fourth dimension; try out new dissections of stars, crosses and polygons; and challenge yourself with new twists on classic games.

Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens Reviews

'Martin Gardner's fifteen volumes about mathematical games are the Canon timeless classics that are always worth reading and rereading.' Don Knuth
'Gardner is a model teacher of mathematics, pushing others to take interesting side explorations, solve challenging problems, and enjoy the beauty of mathematics. This reviewer applauds the republication of his genius in 'The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library' series, complete with revised explanations, new insights, up-to-date reference links, and brief surveys of recent discoveries it is worth getting the new editions and sharing these new gems!' J. Johnson, Choice
'I recommend you approach this book on a Sunday afternoon, with paper and pen, a few biscuits for brain-power and a good hour to spare for puzzling. It is worth it.' Charlotte Mulcare, + plus Magazine

About Martin Gardner

For twenty-five years, Martin Gardner wrote 'Mathematical Games and Recreations', a monthly column for Scientific American magazine. These columns have inspired hundreds of thousands of readers to delve more deeply into the large world of mathematics. He also made significant contributions to magic, philosophy, debunking pseudoscience, and children's literature. He produced more than 60 books, including many best sellers, most of which are still in print, and wrote a regular column for the Skeptical Inquirer magazine from 1983 to 2002. His Annotated Alice has sold more than a million copies.

Table of Contents

1. The paradox of the unexpected hanging; 2. Knots and Borromean rings; 3. The transcendental number e; 4. Geometric dissections; 5. Scarne on gambling; 6. The church of the fourth dimension; 7. Eight problems; 8. A matchbox game-learning machine; 9. Spirals; 10. Rotations and reflections; 11. Peg solitaire; 12. Flatlands; 13. Chicago magic convention; 14. Tests of divisibility; 15. Nine problems; 16. The eight queens and other chessboard diversions; 17. A loop of string; 18. Curves of constant width; 19. Rep-tiles: replicating figures in the plane; 20. Thirty-seven catch questions.

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NPB9780521756136
9780521756136
0521756138
Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens: Martin Gardner's Unexpected Hanging by Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner
The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2014-09-15
288
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