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

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

Published $\text {1966}$, George Allen and Unwin Ltd

Subject matter

• Recreational mathematics

Contents

introduction

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

references for further reading