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Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

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Amusements in Mathematics
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Publisher: Nelson
ISBN/ASIN: 0486204731
Number of pages: 280

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One of the largest puzzle collections -- 430 brainteasers based on algebra, arithmetic, permutations, probability, plane figure dissection, properties of numbers, etc. Intriguing, witty, paradoxical productions of one of the world's foremost creators of puzzles. Full solutions. More than 450 illustrations.

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