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The Zen of magic squares, circles, and stars : an exhibition of surprising structures across dimensions /
Humanity's love affair with mathematics and mysticism reached a critical juncture, legend has it, on the back of a turtle in ancient China. As Clifford Pickover briefly recounts in this enthralling book, the most comprehensive in decades on magic squares, Emperor Yu was supposedly strolling alo...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2002.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Cover; THE ZEN OF MAGIC SQUARES, CIRCLES, AND STARS; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Magic Construction; CHAPTER TWO Classification; CHAPTER THREE Gallery 1: Squares, Cubes, and Tesseracts; CHAPTER FOUR Gallery 2: Circles and Spheres; CHAPTER FIVE Gallery 3: Stars, Hexagons, and Other Beauties; Some Final Thoughts; Notes; For Further Reading; Index; About the Author.