The Möbius Strip

Summary: The subtitle is: Dr. August Möbius's Marvelous Band in Mathematics, Games, Literature, Art, Technology, and Cosmology. The book wanders over a diverse variety of fields, but is mainly concerned with an object having only one side, and only one edge. Fascinating parts of the book involve the connection with chemistry. There is also a bit about knots. The primary focus is on the field of topology.

Recommendation: There are several interesting puzzles to work out (with
solutions given). A good way for parents to expose their children to
mathematics. Chess players should be interested in the game played on a Möbius board. Check out the Klein Stein at www.kleinbottle.com and an assortment of puzzles at http://puzzlepalace.com.

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