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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic of a previous age,
By R. Bagula "Roger L. Bagula" (Lakeside, Ca United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Mathematical Magic Show: More Puzzles, Games, Diversions, Illusions and Other Mathematical Sleight-Of-Mind from Scientific American (Hardcover)
When I first read this I had no idea that he was startinga type of writing that would catch on. Reading :"Archimedes' Revenge" by Paul Hoffman, I realized that he was using the same techniques that Martin Gardner had. One of Hoffman's examples is the same Möbius band in a new context. The perfect numbers are also in both books as well as a section on strange tiling effects. That the Harter -Heighway dragon was introduced here as well makes the book a classic of the last age of mathematical innocence, before mathematical genealogy took over. |
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Mathematical Magic Show: More Puzzles, Games, Diversions, Illusions and Other Mathematical Sleight-Of-Mind from Scientific American by Martin Gardner (Paperback - Oct. 1978)
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