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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, And The Tower Of Hanoi by Martin Gardner
Paradoxes and paperfolding Moebius variations and mnemonics fallacies magic squares topological curiosities parlor tricks and games ancient and modern from Polyominoes Nim Hex and the Tower of Hanoi to fourdimensional ticktacktoe. These mathematical recreations clearly and cleverly presented by Martin Gardner delight and perplex while demonstrating principles of logic probability geometry and other fields of mathematics. Hexaflexagons Probability Paradoxes and the Tower of Hanoi is the inaugural volume in Martin Gardners New Mathematical Library. This book of the earliest of Gardners enormously popular Scientific American columns and puzzles continues to challenge and fascinate readers. 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.