An edition of The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars (2002)

The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars

An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions.

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An edition of The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars (2002)

The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars

An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions.

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"This is the most comprehensive and exciting book in many decades on magic squares - arrays filled with numbers or letters in particular arrangements. Clifford Pickover offers a colorful history of these and similar structures, their construction, and classification along with a remarkable variety of newly discovered objects ranging from ornate inlaid magic cubes to hypercubes.

He explains why Chinese emperors, Babylonian astrologer-priests, prehistoric cave people in France, and ancient Mayans of the Yucatan were convinced that magic squares held the secret of the universe."--BOOK JACKET.

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
400

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Subjects
Magic squares, Mathematical recreations

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Cover of: The zen of magic squares, circles and stars
The zen of magic squares, circles and stars: an exhibition of surprising structures across dimensions
2003, Princeton University Press
in English - [Paperback ed.].
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Cover of: The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars
The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars: An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions.
January 1, 2002, Princeton University Press
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Cover of: The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars
The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars: An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions
June 15, 2002, Princeton University Press
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
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First Sentence

"When you gaze at magic squares with their amazing properties and hidden symmetries, it's sometimes difficult to believe that there are easy-to-remember ways to construct many of them using simple rules."

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QA165.P53 2002, QA165 .P53 2002

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
400
Dimensions
9.6 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
Weight
1.7 pounds

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OL7757614M
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zenmagicsquaresc00pick
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0691070415
ISBN 13
9780691070414
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2001027848
OCLC/WorldCat
46908147
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201987
Goodreads
1916604

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