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001 2014014942
003 DLC
005 20141210090738.0
008 140428t20142014nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014014942
020 $a9780521756136 (hardback)
020 $a0521756138 (hardback)
020 $a9780521758710 (paperback)
020 $a0521758718 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aQA95$b.G267 2014
082 00 $a510$223
084 $aMAT000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGardner, Martin,$d1914-2010,$eauthor.
240 10 $aMagazine columns.$kSelections
245 10 $aKnots and borromean rings, rep-tiles, and eight queens :$bMartin Gardner's unexpected hanging /$cMartin Gardner.
250 $aNew edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press ;$aWashington, DC :$bMathematical Association of America,$c2014.
300 $axi, 274 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aThe new Martin Gardner mathematical library ;$v4
520 $a"The hangman's paradox, cat's cradle, gambling, peg solitaire, pi and e - all these and more are back in Martin Gardner's inimitable style, with updates on new developments and discoveries. Read about how knots and molecules are related; take a trip into the fourth dimension; try out new dissections of stars, crosses, and polygons; and challenge yourself with new twists on classic games"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. The paradox of the unexpected hanging; 2. Knots and Borromean rings; 3. The transcendental number e; 4. Geometric dissections; 5. Scarne on gambling; 6. The church of the fourth dimension; 7. Eight problems; 8. A matchbox game-learning machine; 9. Spirals; 10. Rotations and reflections; 11. Peg solitaire; 12. Flatlands; 13. Chicago magic convention; 14. Tests of divisibility; 15. Nine problems; 16. The eight queens and other chessboard diversions; 17. A loop of string; 18. Curves of constant width; 19. Rep-tiles: replicating figures in the plane; 20. Thirty-seven catch questions.
650 0 $aMathematical recreations.
650 7 $aMATHEMATICS / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/56136/cover/9780521756136.jpg