The Library has many books of mathematical and logic puzzles and games. Select the Classic Catalog option under the white Appsearch box and pick the subject search in the drop down box. Search for the subject Mathematical Recreations to see a list of these items. A selection of titles intended for teens and adults are listed below.
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ApSimon, Hugh. Mathematical Byways in Ayling, Beeling,and Ceiling. QA95 A67 1984
ApSimon, Hugh. More Mathematical Byways. QA95 A66 1990
Averbach, Bonnie. Mathematics: Problem Solving through Recreational Mathematics. QA39.2 A895
Ball, W. W. Rouse. Mathematical Recreations and Essays. rev. ed. QA95 B2 1947
Beiler, Albert H. Recreations in the Theory of Numbers: The Queen of Mathematics Entertains. QA95 B44 1966x
Benson, William H. New Recreations with Magic Squares. QA165 B46 1976
Berklekamp, Elwyn, and Tom Rodgers, eds. The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler: A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner. AQ95 M366 1999
Bolt, Brian. The Amazing Mathematical Amusement Arcade. QA95 B55 1984
Bolt, Brian. The Mathematical Funfair. QA95 B65 1989
Bowers, Henry. Arithetical Excursions: An Enrichment of Elementary Mathematics. QA145 B6
Coffin, Stewart T. The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections. QA95 C59 1990
Danesi, Marcel. The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi: The 10 Greatest Puzzles of All Time. QA95 D29 2004
Devlin, Keith J. Mathematics Education for a New Era: Video Games as a Medium for Learning. QA135.6 D53 2011
Emmet, E. R. Brain Puzzler's Delight. QA95 E4 1968
Gardner, Martin. Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi: Martin Gardner's First Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games. 2d. ed. QA95 G247 2008
Gardner, Martin. Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments. QA95 T27 1986
Gardner, Martin. The Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications. QA95 G255 1997
Gardner, Martin. Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube: Martin Gardner's Mathematical Diversions. QA95 G2975 2008
Havil, Julian. Nonplussed! Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas. QA99 H38 2007
Higgins, Peter M. Nets, Puzzles, and Postmen. QA95 H54 2007
Hordern, Edward. Sliding Piece Puzzles. GV1493 H62 1986
Joyner, David. Adventures in Group Theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine, and Other Mathematicsal Toys. 2d ed., updated and rev. QA174.2 J69 2008
Kanga, A. R. Number Mosaics: Journeys in Search of Universals. QA95 K33 1995
Kordemskii, Boris A. The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations. QA95 K5613
Maxwell, E. A. Fallacies in Mathematics. 1959. QA95 M37
McCullogh, Jodi. The Role of Toys in Teaching Physics. QC33 M474 2000
Pickover, Clifford A. The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge. QA95 P528 2002
Pickover, Clifford A. Wonders of Numbers: Adventures in Mathematics, Mind, and Meaning. QA95 P53 2001
Pickover, Clifford A. The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars: An Exhibiition of Surprising Structures Across Dimensions. QA165 P53 2002
Phillips, Hubert. Caliban's Problem Book: Mathematical, Inferential, and Cryptographic Puzzles. QA95 P5 1961
Pook, L. P. Flexagons Inside Out. QA491 P66 2003
Quantum Quandaries: 100 Brainteasers from Quantum, the Magazine of Math and Science. QA95 Q36 1996
Rosenhouse, Jason. The Monty Hall Problem: The Remarkable Story of Math's Most Contentious Brainteaser. QA95 R67 2009
Rosenhouse, Jason. Taking Sudoku Seriously: The Math Behind the World's Most Popular Pencil Puzzle. GV1507 S83 R67 2011.
Sasha, Dennis Elliott. Dr. Ecco's Cyberpuzles: 36 Puzzles for Hackers and Other Mathematical Detectives. QA95 S4693 2002
Smullyan, Raymond M. The Riddle of Scheherazade, and Other Amazing Puzzles, Ancient & Modern. QA95 S4997 1997
Smullyan, Raymond M. Satan, Cantor, and Infinity: And Other Mind-Boggling Puzzles. QA95 S5 1992
Stewart, Ian. The Magical Maze: Seeing the World through Mathematical Eyes. QA93 S736 1998
Stewart, Ian. Math Hysteria: Fun and Games with Mathematics. QA95 S7255 2004
Stewart, Ian. Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures. QA99 S85 2010
Watkins, John J. Across the Board: The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems. QA95 W35 2004
Wells, D. G. Hidden Connections, Double Meanings. QA63 W4 1988
Wilson, Robin J. Four Coloris Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved. QA612.19 W54 2002