The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections
By Stewart T. Coffin

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Chapter 18 - Puzzles Made of Polyhedral Blocks

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The ways in which various geometrical solids can be packed to fill space or be assembled symmetrically in space is in itself a fascinating branch of mathematics. Being also assemblable as puzzles just makes them all the more interesting.

Truncated Octahedra
Rhombic Dodecahedra
The Leftover Block Puzzle
Substitution of Spheres
The Four-Piece Pyramid Puzzle
The Octahedral Cluster Puzzle

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