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Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube: Martin Gardner's Mathematical Diversions (The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library) by Martin Gardner is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube: Martin Gardner's Mathematical Diversions (The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library) about?
Martin Gardner continues to delight readers in Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube, which is the second volume in the new Cambridge series, The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library, based off his enormously popular Scientific American columns. He introduces young and old readers alike to the Generalized Ham Sandwich Theorem, origami, digital roots, magic squares, the mathematics of cooling coffee, the induction game of Eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court Palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles. Now the author, in consultation with experts, has added updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries, to challenge and fascinate a new generation of readers.
Who reads Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube: Martin Gardner's Mathematical Diversions (The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
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- Author
- Martin Gardner
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univeresity Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521735247
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sports, Mathematics, Crafts & Hobbies
Other editions & translations
- The second Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & [and] diversions a new selection: from Origami to recreational logic (1987)
- The 2nd Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions (1987)
- MORE MATHEMATICAL PUZZLES AND DIVERSIONS. BY MARTIN GARDNER. REPR. HARMONDSWORTH: PENGUIN BOOKS 1982. 186 S (1975)
- The 2nd Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions (1961)
- More Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions (Penguin Press Science) (1990)
- The 2nd Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions a new selection: from origami to recreational logic, from digital roots and Dudeney puzzle (1961)
- MORE MATHEMATICAL PUZZLES AND DIVERSIONS. BY MARTIN GARDNER. REPR. HARMONDSWORTH: PENGUIN BOOKS 1982. 186 S (1961)
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