Coffin, Stewart T
Geometric puzzle design /
Stewart Coffin
- Second edition
- xvi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Rev. ed. of: Puzzling world of polyhedral dissections. 1st ed. 1990
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-200) and index
Two-dimensional dissections -- Two-dimensional combinatorial puzzles -- Misdirection-type puzzles -- Variations on sliding block puzzles -- Cubic block puzzles -- Interlocking block puzzles -- The six-piece burr -- Larger (and smaller) burrs -- The diagonal burr -- The rhombic dodecahedron and its stellations -- Polyhedral puzzles with dissimilar pieces -- Intersecting prisms -- Puzzles that make different shapes -- Coordinate-motion puzzles -- Puzzles using hexagonal or rhombic sticks -- Split triangular sticks -- Dissected rhombic dodecahedra -- Miscellaneous confusing puzzles -- Triacontahedral designs -- Puzzles made of polyhedral blocks -- Intermezzo -- Theme and variations -- Blocks and pins -- Woodworking techniques
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Puzzles and games.