Make your own book. Make it great. A Quarter Century of Recreational Mathematics, by Martin Gardner. Editor’s note: In light of the recent death of Martin Gardner, we are republishing this article from the August 1998 issue of Scientific American. Gardner wrote the “Mathematical Games” column for Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, and continued to contribute columns on an occasional basis for several years afterward. This article, which includes four puzzles by Martin Gardner, was his final piece for the magazine.
My “Mathematical Games” column began in the December 1956 issue of Scientific American with an article on hexaflexagons. These curious structures, created by folding an ordinary strip of paper into a hexagon and then gluing the ends together, could be turned inside out repeatedly, revealing one or more hidden faces. The structures were invented in 1939 by a group of Princeton University graduate students.
At the time I started my column, only a few books on recreational mathematics were in print. Blurry one. Ticktacktoe in the Classroom Polyominoes and Penrose Tiles 1. 2.
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". The Toronto church sees soaking prayer as one of the main ways in which they encourage people to be open to the Holy Spirit. " "SOAKING PRAYER" by Roger Harper Kundalini Energy & Christian Spirituality (the same as contemplative or soaking prayer) Ray Yungen Kundalini is a Hindu term for the mystical power or force that underlies their spirituality. Physical Symptoms and a Demonic Realm Physical symptoms, which can include things like a tingling sensation, that occur during Soaking Prayer are similar to those experienced during the Kundalini experience, and both are dangerous and can take the practitioner into a demonic realm.
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