Hexaflexagons, probability paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi : Martin Gardner's first book of mathematical puzzles and games / Martin Gardner.

Author: Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.

Edition Statement:[2nd ed.].

Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Descriptionxiii, 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note:"First edition published as The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions, Simon and Schuster, 1959"--T.p. verso.

Note:"The Mathematical Association of America."

Note:Hexaflexagons -- Magic with a matrix -- Nine problems -- Ticktacktoe -- Probability paradoxes -- The icosian game and the Tower of Hanoi -- Curious topological models -- The game of hex -- Sam Loyd : America's greatest puzzlist -- Mathematical card tricks -- Memorizing numbers -- Nine more problems -- Polyominoes -- Fallacies -- Nim and tac tix -- Left or right?

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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