Dover Math Games & Puzzles Mathematics, Magic and Mystery, (Paperback)

This is the first book-length study of this fascinating branch of recreational mathematics. Written by one of the foremost experts on mathematical magic, it summarizes, with considerable historical data and bibliography, all previous work in this field; it is also a creative examination of laws and their exemplification, with scores of new tricks, new insights, new demonstrations. In this volume, for the first time dozens of topological tricks are explained, dozens of manipulation tricks are aligned with mathematical law.

Dover Math Games & Puzzles Mathematics, Magic and Mystery, (Paperback) Author: Dover Publications ISBN: 9780486203355 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 1956-06-01 Page Count: 208