Making a Wooden Soma Cube Puzzle
Published:
This idea came to me from The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions, a collection of puzzles presented by Matrin Gardner and first published in 1958. The puzzle is made up of 7 pieces - the first of which is composed of 3 cubes, while the remaining 6 are each composed of four cubes. Gardner provides a handy illustration of the puzzle pieces:
