Hexaflexagons and other mathematical diversions. The first Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles and games

by Martin Gardner

$125 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition · Signed

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1988 . First edition thus, with a new afterword and extensive new bibliography, 8vo, pp. ix, 1 , 200, 4 ; pictorial paper wrappers, a touch sunned, gutter split in one place but sound, very good. Inscribed by Gardner to Tom Rodgers. Gardner was a prolific and popular mathematician, magician, and skeptic. Over his life he gathered around him an active community of like-minded puzzle makers, and was the focus

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