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Hexaflexagons and other mathematical diversions: The first Scientific American book of puzzles and games

Gardner, 1988

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3281126643400324602
Author
Gardner M
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These clearly and cleverly presented mathematical recreations of paradoxes and paperfolding, Moebius variations and mnemonics both ancient and modern delight and perplex while demonstating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other …
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