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Tables of Contents for A Gardner's Workout
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
 
Part I
1
268
The Opaque Cube
3
6
The Square Root of 2 = 1.414 213 562 373 095...
9
12
Flip, the Psychic Robot
21
4
The Propositional Calculus with Directed Graphs
25
10
Mathematics and Wordplay
35
4
Steiner Trees on a Checkerboard
39
22
Tiling the Bent Tromino
61
12
Covering a Cube with Congruent Polygons
73
4
Magic Tricks on a Computer
77
6
Variations on the 12345679 Trick
83
2
More Calculator Whimsies
85
6
Kasparov's Defeat by Deep Blue
91
6
Computers Near the Threshold?
97
12
Cornering the King
109
8
Toroidal Currency
117
4
Six Challenging Dissection Tasks
121
8
Lewis Carroll's Pillow-Problems
129
4
Lewis Carroll's Word Ladders
133
6
The Ant on 1 x 1 x 2
139
4
Three-Point Tiling
143
6
Lucky Numbers and 2187
149
8
3 x 3 Magic Squares
157
10
Some New Discoveries about 3 x 3 Magic Squares
167
8
Primes in Arithmetic Progression
175
6
Prime Magic Squares
181
6
The Dominono Game
187
4
The Growth of Recreational Mathematics
191
12
Maximum Inscribed Squares, Rectangles, and Triangles
203
12
Serial Isogons of 90 Degrees
215
16
Around the Solar System
231
4
Ten Amazing Mathematical Tricks
235
6
Modeling Mathematics with Playing Cards
241
8
The Asymmetric Propeller Theorem
249
8
Chess Queens and Maximum Unattacked Cells
257
12
Part II
269
32
Lion Hunting
271
4
Two Books on Infinity
275
6
The Universe and the Teacup
281
4
A New Result on Perfect Magic Squares
285
6
The Number Devil
291
4
Probability 1
295
6
Fuzzy New New Math
301