Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube : Martin Gardner's Mathematical Diversions

by Martin Gardner

Book Overview

Martin Gardner continues to delight readers in Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube, the second volume in the new Cambridge series, The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library, based off his enormously popular Scientific American columns. Gardner 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2NUAPK
• ISBN13: 9780521735247
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

great book of puzzles

Martin Gardner comes through again with a great book of puzzles. There is a lot of material here to keep you thinking for quite a while. One of the better book of puzzles I have seen.