In the Footsteps of Pythagoras. Mathematical Entertainment and Tricks

This book contains a variety of mathematical jokes, games, entertainments, puzzles, and mathematical tricks that require no special equipment.
You will be able to amaze your friends by guessing the number they are thinking of or the card they chose. Alone,... you can play "fifteen," "chameleon," or Luke's quadrille. With a partner, you can try games like "mill," "wolf and sheep," or enjoy creating figures using a piece of string.
There are intriguing geometric puzzles involving cutting and disappearing, tasks for drawing shapes in a single stroke, and tricks with matches, some of which will require some thought, just like the problems involving traversing a chessboard. The book will introduce unusual ways to play dominoes, tell how people have built mazes over the centuries for various purposes, and invite the reader to navigate some of them themselves.
The book will help both children and adults spend their time in an interesting and beneficial way.