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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coffin, Stewart T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wellesley, Mass. : A.K. Peters, Limited, [2007]
Edition:[2nd ed.].
Subjects:
Mathematical recreations.
Puzzles.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Two-dimensional dissections
  • 2. Two-dimensional combinatorial puzzles
  • 3. Misdirection-type puzzles
  • 4. Variations on sliding block puzzles
  • 5. Cubic block puzzles
  • 6. Interlocking block puzzles
  • 7. The six-piece burr
  • 8. Larger (and smaller) burrs
  • 9. The diagonal burr
  • 10. The rhombic dodecahedron and its stellations
  • 11. Polyhedral puzzles with dissimilar pieces
  • 12. Intersecting prisms
  • 13. Puzzles that make different shapes
  • 14. Coordinate-motion puzzles
  • 15. Puzzles using hexagonal or rhombic sticks
  • 16. Split triangular sticks
  • 17. Dissected rhombic dodecahedra
  • 18. Miscellaneous confusing puzzles
  • 19. Triacontahedral designs
  • 20. Puzzles made of polyhedral blocks
  • 21. Intermezzo
  • 22. Theme and variations
  • 23. Blocks and pins
  • 24. Woodworking techniques.