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Flexagons are hinged polygons that have the intriguing property of displaying different pairs of faces when they are flexed. Workable paper models of flexagons are easy to make and entertaining to manipulate. Flexagons have a surprisingly complex mathematical structure and just how a flexagon works is not obvious on casual examination of a paper model. Flexagons may be appreciated at three different levels. Firstly as toys or puzzles, secondly as a recreational mathematics topic and finally as the subject of serious mathematical study. This book is written for anyone interested in puzzles or recreational maths. No previous knowledge of flexagons is assumed, and the only pre-requisite is some knowledge of elementary geometry. An attractive feature of the book is a collection of nets, with assembly instructions, for a wide range of paper models of flexagons. These are printed full size and laid out so they can be photocopied.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Mathematics Geometry

• Full title: Flexagons Inside Out
• Author: Les Pook
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 184
• EAN: 9780521819701
• ISBN: 0521819709
• ID: 02045063
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 535 g
• Dimensions: 244 × 170 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. August 2003

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