Book:Martin Gardner/Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American

Subject matter

 * Recreational mathematics

Contents



 * 1. The Binary System
 * 2. Group Theory and Braids
 * 3. Eight Problems
 * 4. The Games and Puzzles of Lewis Carroll
 * 5. Paper Cutting
 * 6. Board Games
 * 7. Packing Spheres
 * 8. The Transcendental Number Pi
 * 9. Victor Eigen: Mathemagician
 * 10. The Four-Color Map Theorem
 * 11. Mr. Apollinax Visits New York
 * 12. Nine Problems
 * 13. Polyominoes and Fault-Free Rectangles
 * 14. Euler's Spoilers: The Discovery of an Order-$10$ Graeco-Latin Square
 * 15. The Ellipse
 * 16. The $24$ Color Squares and the $30$ Color Cubes
 * 17. H.S.M. Coxeter
 * 18. Bridg-It and Other Games
 * 19. Nine More Problems
 * 20. The Calculus of Finite Differences