Martin Gardner’s Sixth book of mathematical diversions from Scientific American

Martin Gardner9780226282503, 0226282503, 0684142457, 9780684142456

Table of contents :
HOME……Page 1
CONTENTS……Page 3
Introduction……Page 4
The Helix……Page 6
Klein Bottles and Other Surfaces……Page 14
Combinatorial Theory……Page 24
Bouncing Balls in Polygons and Polyhedrons……Page 34
Four Unusual Board Games……Page 44
The Rigid Square and Eight Other Problems……Page 53
Sliding-Block Puzzles……Page 69
Parity Checks……Page 76
Patterns and Primes……Page 84
Graph Theory……Page 96
The Ternary System……Page 109
The Trip around the Moon and Seven Other Problems……Page 118
The Cycloid: Helen of Geometry……Page 132
Mathematical Magic Tricks……Page 140
Word Play……Page 148
The Pythagorean Theorem……Page 157
Limits of Infinite Series……Page 168
Polyiamonds……Page 178
Tetrahedrons……Page 188
Coleridge’s Apples and Eight Other Problems……Page 200
The Lattice of Integers……Page 213
Infinite Regress……Page 225
O’Gara, the Mathematical Mailman……Page 235
Op Art……Page 244
Extraterrestrial Communication……Page 258