Piano-hinged Dissections

A dissection involves cutting a polygon into pieces in such a way that those pieces form another polygon; for a hinged dissection, the pieces must be attached by hinges. A piano hinge is "a long narrow hinge with a pin running the entire length of its joint." So, unlike regular hinged dissections, which swing or twist (around single point of hinge), piano-hinged dissections fold along an edge. The book discusses the history, methods, and variations of these dissections. It has two special features: dissections entitled "Manuscript" display related material from the almost-lost manuscript by Ernest Irving Freese, and others entitled "Folderol" explore related subjects that are not piano-hinged dissections.