02303 a2200409 4500 1032560479 20250328151429.0 250324022025xx 758 eng 9781032560472 BB Taylor & Francis GBP 155.00 BB 01 eng PBM thema PBP thema PBW thema AB thema PBC thema PBM bic PBP bic PBW bic AB bic PBC bic MAT025000 bisac CRA023000 bisac MAT012000 bisac MAT038000 bisac MAT000000 bisac 793.74 bisac Scott Sherman Secret World of Flexagons Fascinating Folded Paper Puzzles 1 A K Peters/CRC Press 20250320 314 p The hexaflexagon is a folded paper strip of colored triangles that has long delighted people with how it “magically” changes its appearance when “flexed”. This hands-on, comprehensive book goes beyond the hexaflexagon, the standard version of this folded puzzle, exponentially expanding the barely explored field of flexagons as it brings new options and fresh insights to light. ● Learn over a dozen different flexes, and make dozens of different flexagons with the aid of step-by-step illustrated directions and templates to copy and print. ● Delve into the internal structure of flexagons and discover a universal way to describe and predict their behavior. ● Learn how to create your own custom flexagons with a special computer program. ● Understand how flexagons are connected to group theory, computer science, and topology. ● Have fun decorating flexagons and make flexagon books, puzzles, pop-ups, mazes, and more. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand, and conversational style and enhanced with challenges and tips to broaden your flexagon skills and spark creativity, The Secret World of Flexagons: Fascinating Folded Paper Puzzles is a must for flexagon enthusiasts, teachers, students, libraries, mathematicians, and everyone who loves to solve a good puzzle. Yossi Elran A01 Ann Schwartz A01 8792 8792