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This study examines the history, geometry and practical construction of three-dimensional puzzles, and explores their increasing popularity throughout the world. Many different kinds of interlocking assembly puzzles are described, including a number of previously unpublished ones and many posing unsolved problems. Containing problems involving burrs, Tangrams, polyonimoes and those using rhombic dodecahedrons and truncated octahedrons, this collection will interest mathematicians and puzzle enthusiasts alike.
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Stewart T. Coffin is also the author of Puzzle Craft.
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The puzzling world of polyhedral dissections / Stewart T. Coffin
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0192861336
ISBN 13: 9780192861337
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First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and creased. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 196 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-193) and index. Subjects; Mathematical recreations. Puzzles. Polyhedra. Mathematical puzzles. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 487446
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The puzzling world of polyhedral dissections / Stewart T. Coffin
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0192861336
ISBN 13: 9780192861337
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First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and creased. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 196 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-193) and index. Subjects; Mathematical recreations. Puzzles. Polyhedra. Mathematical puzzles. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 487446
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The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections: Hundreds of 3-D Puzzles to Build and Solve (Recreations in Mathematics)
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The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections: Hundreds of 3-D Puzzles to Build and Solve (Recreations in Mathematics)
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ISBN 10: 0192861336
ISBN 13: 9780192861337
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