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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 220 pages, height x width: 229x152 mm, weight: 317 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 20-Dec-2006
  • Izdevniecība: A K Peters
  • ISBN-10: 1568813120
  • ISBN-13: 9781568813127
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Geometric Puzzle DesignPalielināt
  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 220 pages, height x width: 229x152 mm, weight: 317 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 20-Dec-2006
  • Izdevniecība: A K Peters
  • ISBN-10: 1568813120
  • ISBN-13: 9781568813127
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This book discusses how to design “good” geometric puzzles: two-dimensional dissection puzzles, polyhedral dissections, and burrs. It outlines major categories of geometric puzzles and provides examples, sometimes going into the history and philosophy of those examples. Also, the author presents challenges and thoughtful questions, as well as practical designing and woodworking tips, to encourage the reader to build his own puzzles and experiment with his own designs. Aesthetics, psychology, and mathematical considerations all factor into the definition of the quality of a puzzle. The author introduces some original mathematical concepts—theory of interlock, calculation of difficulty index, apparent and total symmetry, coordinate motion and vector analysis—as tools for designing puzzles or determining how good a design is.

This guide for hobbyists describes the design of handcrafted cubic block puzzles, burr puzzles, and polyhedral dissection variations traditionally made of wood, and explains how they work. Originally published as The puzzling world of polyhedral dissections by Oxford University Press in 1990, the second edition features enhanced black and white illustrations. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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There are many books on solving puzzles, but Coffins book is different. It is one of the few books on the design and making of puzzles. . . . Coffin successfully gives the reader an insight into how a puzzle designer thinks; one can begin to see how he has come up with the ideas for his puzzles. Leanne Rylands, Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, May 2009

A most entertaining read ... to provide the necessary bit of relaxation to allow one's genuine mathematical problems to simmer in one's subconscious. P. McMullen, Mathematical Reviews, November 2007

Written by veteran woodworker and expert wood puzzle designer Stewart Coffin, Geometric Puzzle Design is a one-of-a-kind guide to creating intriguing, three-dimensional wooden puzzles. Special techniques for creating oddly shaped small puzzle pieces accurately and safely, recommendations for drafting one's own original designs, mathematical concepts that can be applied as engineering tools, and much more fill this original craftsman's manual. A 'must-have' for intermediate to advanced woodworkers seeking to create truly brain-teasing gifts. Midwest Book Review, June 2007 There are many books on solving puzzles, but Coffins book is different. It is one of the few books on the design and making of puzzles. . . . Coffin successfully gives the reader an insight into how a puzzle designer thinks; one can begin to see how he has come up with the ideas for his puzzles. Leanne Rylands, Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, May 2009

A most entertaining read ... to provide the necessary bit of relaxation to allow one's genuine mathematical problems to simmer in one's subconscious. P. McMullen, Mathematical Reviews, November 2007

Written by veteran woodworker and expert wood puzzle designer Stewart Coffin, Geometric Puzzle Design is a one-of-a-kind guide to creating intriguing, three-dimensional wooden puzzles. Special techniques for creating oddly shaped small puzzle pieces accurately and safely, recommendations for drafting one's own original designs, mathematical concepts that can be applied as engineering tools, and much more fill this original craftsman's manual. A 'must-have' for intermediate to advanced woodworkers seeking to create truly brain-teasing gifts. Midwest Book Review, June 2007

Preface vii
Introduction ix
1 Two-Dimensional Dissections
1
2 Two-Dimensional Combinatorial Puzzles
17
3 Misdirection-Type Puzzles
37
4 Variations on Sliding Block Puzzles
41
5 Cubic Block Puzzles
45
6 Interlocking Block Puzzles
55
7 The Six-Piece Burr
59
8 Larger (and Smaller) Burrs
69
9 The Diagonal Burr
81
10 The Rhombic Dodecahedron and Its Stellations 87
11 Polyhedral Puzzles with Dissimilar Pieces 99
12 Intersecting Prisms 107
13 Puzzles that Make Different Shapes 113
14 Coordinate-Motion Puzzles 117
15 Puzzles Using Hexagonal or Rhombic Sticks 121
16 Split Triangular Sticks 129
17 Dissected Rhombic Dodecahedra 133
18 Miscellaneous Confusing Puzzles 139
19 Triacontahedral Designs 143
20 Puzzles Made of Polyhedral Blocks 153
21 Intermezzo 161
22 Theme and Variations 167
23 Blocks and Pins 175
24 Woodworking Techniques 187
Finale 197
Bibliography 199
Index 201


Stewart Coffin has been designing intriguing geometrical puzzles and making them in his workshop for the past 35 years, creating more than 140 original designs. The craftsmanship and originality of their designs have won him a devoted following among puzzle enthusiasts and collectors throughout the world.