Status
Available
Call number
Library's review
Indeholder "Indledning", "1. De fem platoniske legemer"; "2. Tetraflexagoner", "3. Henry Ernest Dudeney, Englands problemkonge"; "4. Talrødder", "5. Ni problemer"; "6. Soma-kuben", "7. Topologisk afslapning", "8. Phi: Det gyldne snit", "9. Aben og kokosnødderne", "10. Labyrinter", "11.
Glimrende og inspirerende samling af artikler fra Scientific American.
Show More
Underholdende logik", "12. Magiske kvadrater", "13. Det tossede Tivoli", "14. Endnu ni problemer", "15. Eleusis: Et induktions-spil", "16. Origami"; "17. Kvadratets kvadrering", "18. Mekaniske puslerier", "19. Sandsynlighed og flertydighed"; "20. Mystiske Mr. Matrix", "Litteraturfortegnelse".Glimrende og inspirerende samling af artikler fra Scientific American.
Show Less
Publication
Sjællands Tidendes bogtrykkeri, Slagelse, 1964
Description
In this second volume in the series, Martin Gardner introduces readers to the generalized ham sandwich theorem, origami, digital roots, magic squares, the mathematics of cooling coffee, the induction game of eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court Palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Razinha
More topography, but also more fun diversions. The chapters came from columns he wrote in the late 1950s and it's funny what a generation later turned out: back then, the only other popular die than the standard six-sided cube was an octohedron (he was talking about Platonic solids). The 1970s
Show More
introduced the world to Dungeons and Dragons and the eventual standardization of D20 games. Dice packs still come in the five Platonic solids. I remember playing Bridge-it a lot at a friend's house and loving it. Show Less
LibraryThing member Pferdina
Dated, but I enjoyed thinking about the puzzles as I read them. Each chapter was originally published as a column in a magazine, and the author added a few paragraphs describing the responses he received, as well as the answers to the puzzles.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1961
Physical description
231 p.; 21.6 cm
Local notes
Omslag: Ib Jørgensen
Omslag: Indbundet
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Mit eksemplar er indbundet.
Oversat fra engelsk "The 2nd Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions" af Carl-Otto Johansen
Omslag: Indbundet
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Mit eksemplar er indbundet.
Oversat fra engelsk "The 2nd Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions" af Carl-Otto Johansen
Other editions
Mere morsom matematik by Martin Gardner (Paper Book)
Similar in this library
Pages
231
DDC/MDS
| 793.74 |