It was originally written in Polish by Aniela Ehrenfeucht (née Miklaszewska, 1905–2000), titled Ciekawy Sześcian [the interesting cube], and published by Polish Scientific Publishers PWN in 1960.
[1][2] The book begins with Euler's polyhedral formula,[3] and includes material on the symmetries of their cube and their realization as geometric rotations,[4] and on the shape of plane sections through cubes.
[5] An unusual feature of the book is its heavy illustration with red-blue anaglyphs;[1][2][3][4] provided with the book are red-blue glasses allowing readers to see these images as three-dimensional shapes.
[5] This book is based on talks given by Ehrenfeucht to students and teachers,[2] and is aimed at a secondary-school audience.
[1] Cundy complains that the material on Prince Rupert's cube does not provide its optimal solution, and suggests that the color printing and inclusion of 3D viewing glasses made it unnecessarily expensive.