Scott Kim, Puzzle Master
Puzzles and visual thinking games for math education
Recent events: Inventing Puzzles for Math Fairs • Sudoku 5x5 • Stanford Math Circle • Museum of Math • NCTM 2011 • Cool Math Education on Pinterest • Why Math Education Needs Puzzles • Washington School Discovery Day Block by Block Jr • Viewpoint: toward a computer for visual thinkers (dissertation)
Blog
Talks
The Art of Puzzle Design (TED talk). A tour of my puzzles and the ideas that inspired them.
Symmetry, Art and Illusion (Museum of Mathematics). How the same patterns of symmetry appear in art, math, music and animation.
Books
With art contributions and epilogue by Scott Kim
With art contributions and foreword by Scott Kim
The solution to the puzzle canon I posted on Feb 12, which is based on the theme of Bach's work The Musical Offering.