Golden Star Origami 12/18/2012 Historical legend tells us that seamstress Betsy Ross was visited in 1776 by George Washington, Robert Morris, and George Ross,...
Toys, Tricks, and Teasers — Things You Can’t Make 04/24/2012 Simple tricks of illusion make the impossible a reality.
Toys, Tricks, and Teasers — Kinetic Illusion Toys 04/26/2011 Deceive the eye with impossible falling motion.
Toys, Tricks & Teasers: Fooling Around with Pulleys 07/27/2010 MAKE readers hope that the things they make will work as intended. That doesn't always happen. Meet the fool's tackle.
Toys, Tricks & Teasers — Puzzle of the Crowned Pulleys 04/01/2010 Real-world problems in physics sometimes take quite a while to figure out, unlike the contrived problems in textbooks that must...
Toys, Tricks, & Teasers — The Chinese South-Pointing Chariot 01/19/2010 Many ingenious mechanisms are devised with no “practical” purpose in mind.
Toys, Tricks, & Teasers — Golden Star Origami 08/18/2009 The five-pointed “golden star” is widely used around the world in flags, heraldry, coats of arms, and other decorations.
Toys, Tricks, & Teasers — Reflections on an Illusion 05/08/2009 The mirror-produced real image can appear so real that you’ll reach out to grasp it, but your fingers close only...
Toys, Tricks, and Teasers — Gardner’s Mathemagic 03/04/2008 Martin Gardner generously agreed to share with MAKE readers a few magic tricks based on mathematical principles that can be...
Mathemagician 11/20/2007 At 92, philosopher Martin Gardner is still exploring the perplexities of math, science, mystery, and magic.
