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Here is another collection drawn from Martin Gardner's 'Mathematical Games' column in Scientific American. Each chapter explores a different theme, for example fractals, surreal numbers, the sculptures of Berrocal, tiling the plane, Ramsey theory and code breaking, all combining to create a rich diet of recreational mathematics. Most chapters can be readily understood by the uninitiated: at each turn there are challenges for the reader and a wealth of references for further reading. Gardner's clarity of style and ability systematically to simplify the complex make this an excellent vehicle in which to start or continue an interest in recreational mathematics.

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At the end of a 1975 Scientific American column on tiling the plane periodically with congruent convex polygons (reprinted in my Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments) I promised a later column on nonperiodic tiling. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
infinite cartwheel pattern, smallest complete graph, force nonperiodicity, golden rhombohedra, burr puzzles, tiles periodically, etaoin shrdlu, safe cells, standard chessboard, monochromatic triangle, penalty cards, standard dice, nonperiodic tiling, recreational mathematics, congruent parts, difference triangle, safe pairs, surreal numbers, undecidable statements, inverse algorithm, fivefold symmetry, secret rule, golden ratio, chosen card Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scientific American, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Wythoff's Nim, Journal of Recreational Mathematics, New York Times, The American Mathematical Monthly, Mathematics Magazine, Aviezri Fraenkel, Ivars Peterson, Science News, John Horton Conway, Princeton University, Word Ways, Harry Mathews, Mathematics Teacher, Sam Loyd, Claude Berge, Discrete Mathematics, Roger Penrose, Santa Claus, United States, Academic Press, Georges Perec, New York City, Other Mathematical Amusements New!
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