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These clearly and cleverly presented mathematical recreations of paradoxes and paperfolding, Moebius variations and mnemonics both ancient and modern delight and perplex while demonstating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other mathematical fields. "A classic."--Andrew... read more

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FLEXAGONS are paper polygons, folded from straight or crooked strips of paper, which have the fascinating property of changing their faces when they are "flexed."

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  1. Martin Gardner (Author)
 

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