"A refreshing new look at a timeless topic, brimming over with
ideas, littered with surprising twists. Anyone who loves numbers,
anyone who enjoys puzzles, will find "The Zen of Magic Squares,
Circles, and Stars" compulsive (and compulsory!) reading."--Ian
Stewart, University of Warwick, author of "Flatterland" and "Does
God Play Dice?"
"Pickcover carries the mystique of magic squares and their
relatives into the twenty-first century with his new book, "The Zen
of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars," Whether you're seeking an
introduction to magic squares, an in-depth study, some historical
information, or just some enjoyable magic figure problems, tricks,
properties, or novelties-this book is for you. Pickover does not
leave a magic square unturned, and tantalizes us just enough to
want to explore further. From the very famous to the less known,
Pickover brings them all together in this amazing collection as he
points out their roles in science, our lives and the
universe."--Theoni Pappas author of "The Joy of Mathematics" and
"Math-A-Day"
"At first glance magic squares may seem frivolous (Ben
Franklin's opinion, even as he spent countless hours studying
them!), but I think that is wrong. The great nineteenth-century
German mathematician Leopold Kronecker said 'God Himself made the
whole numbers--everything else is the work of men, ' and Cliff
Pickover's stimulating book hints strongly at the possibility that
God may have done more with the integers than just create them. I
don't believe in magic in the physical world, but magic squares
come as close as we will probably ever see to being mathematical
magic."--Paul J. Nahin, University of New Hampshire, author of
"Duelling Idiotsand Other Probability Puzzlers"
"Clifford Pickover has compiled such a wonderfully voluminous
collection of magic squares and related configurations that the
physical book itself threatens to take the shape of a magic cube.
Whether or not you achieve arithmetical satori contemplating these
engagingly intricate patterns, you will surely come to appreciate
their history, beauty, and richness."--John Allen Paulos, Temple
University, author of "Innumeracy" and "A Mathematician Reads the
Newspaper"
"Who would have thought that the simple numbers we used when
learning to count as children could be arranged into so many
geometric patterns with interesting properties? If playing with
numbers is your thing, this latest work by Cliff Pickover will
provide you will countless hours of mystical entertainment and
mental challenges."--Julien Clinton Sprott, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
"Every generation seems to demand its own updated book dedicated
to magic squares. Pickover's work meets the needs of the present
generation. It is an enthusiastic, whimsical, and idiosyncratic
compendium of magic squares and their variants, some of which are
centuries old, some as fresh as corn picked this morning."--Sherman
Stein, University of California, Davis
"Well documented and illustrated, this book is essentially a
huge catalogue of these arithmetical beasts called magic squares.
No book that I know of presents such a large range of 'mysterious,
odd, and fun' patterns, as the author puts it. This includes the
numerous geometrical diagrams that reveal some hidden symmetries
not obvious to the eye contemplating the number arrays. Throughout,
Pickover convincingly substantiates his claim that the fieldof
magic square study is still wide open."--Arturo Sangalli, author of
"The Importance of Being Fuzzy"
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