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Knots and borromean rings, rep-tiles, and eight queens : Martin Gardner's unexpected hanging /

"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...

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Dades bibliogràfiques
Autor principal: Gardner, Martin
Format: Printed Book
Idioma:English
Publicat: New York: Cambridge university press, 2014.
Edició:New edition.
Col·lecció:The new Martin Gardner mathematical library ; 4
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Accés en línia:http://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/56136/cover/9780521756136.jpg
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Sumari:"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"--
Descripció física:xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780521758710