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The zen of magic squares, circles, and stars : an exhibition of surprising structures across dimensions / Clifford A. Pickover.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QA165 .P53 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pickover, Clifford A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic squares.
- Mathematical recreations.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- In this fascinating account, Pickover explains why Chinese emperors, Babylonian astrologer-priests, prehistoric cave people in France, and ancient Mayans of the Yucatan were convinced that magic squares--arrays filled with numbers or letters in certain arrangements--held the secret of the universe. Line illustrations.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Magic Construction 37
- Chapter 2 Classification 65
- Chapter 3 Gallery 1: Squares, Cubes, and Tesseracts 147
- Chapter 4 Gallery 2: Circles and Spheres 297
- Chapter 5 Gallery 3: Stars, Hexagons, and Other Beauties 325.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-395) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691070415
- OCLC:
- 46908147
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