David Singmaster (1938–2023)
Author of Notes on Rubik's 'Magic Cube'
About the Author
David Singmaster is an American mathematician who has lived in London since 1970. His interests include number theory, combinatorics, recreational mathematics and its history. He was one of the first mathematicians to write about Rubik's Cube and devised the now standard notation for it. Since show more 1987, he has contributed puzzles and puzzle columns to a number of magazines, newspapers and radio and TV programs. show less
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- Legal name
- Singmaster, David Breyer
- Birthdate
- 1938
- Date of death
- 2023-02-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Education
- California Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley - Occupations
- mathematician
professor
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- 5
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- Members
- 174
- Popularity
- #123,126
- Rating
- 3.8
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- ISBNs
- 10
- Languages
- 2
Jerry Slocum's The Cube opens with a history of the Rubiks Cube which is interspersed with a few tangents on puzzles in general, but most of the book, as the subtitle indicates, is devoted to the cube's many ingenious and surprisingly artful solutions.… (more)