The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions by Martin Gardner (PDF)

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This delightful collection from the magician of math introduces readers to magic squares, the Generalized Ham Sandwich Theorem, origami, digital roots, an update of the Induction Game of Eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles.”Gardner is often the clown prince of science. . . . His Mathematical Games column in Scientific American is one of the few bridges over C. P. Snow’s famous ‘gulf of mutual incomprehension’ that lies between the technical and literary cultures.”—Time

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: About the Author Martin Gardner is the author of The Annotated “Casey at the Bat,” Martin Gardner’s New Mathematical Diversions, Logic Machines and Diagrams, Martin Gardner’s Sixth Book of Mathematical Diversions, and many other books.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I lost my copy of this book, and wanted it for the description of Soma Cubes, and illustrations of forms that could (or could not!) be made with them. I used to make these for friends, with childrens wooden alphabet blocks, long before a commercial version (with smaller blocks) came out. The book is, as it says, full of puzzles and diversions for the mathematically inclined. It can be enjoyed even by those who do not want to get into all the mathematical why’s and wherefore’s of how something works. (Volume 1 has the chapter on Hexaflexagons, a wonderful bit of paper folding that looks two-sided but can be ‘flexed’ to show six sides. )

⭐Good

⭐Good reading.

⭐Martin Gardner comes through again with a great book of puzzles. There is a lot of material here to keep you thinking for quite a while. One of the better book of puzzles I have seen.

⭐I should not have marked it down really, It’s a good book, just not much use for magicians.

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