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Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Plane Geometry and Fancy Figures : an Exhibition of the Art and Technique of Paper Folding
Author: Plane Geometry and Fancy Figures
Author: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of DecorationPublisher:
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Category : Paper sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Plane Geometry and Fancy Figures
Author: Edward KallopPlane Geometry and Fancy Figures
Author: Cooper Union MuseumPlane Geometry and Fancy Figures
Author: Plane Geometry and Fancy Figures
Author: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of DecorationPublisher:
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Category : Paper sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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The Second $textit {Scientific}$ $textit {American}$ Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
Author: Martin GardnerPublisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470463539
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This volume, originally published in 1961, contains columns published in the magazine from 1958-1960. This is the 1987 edition of the collection and contains an afterword written by Gardner at that time.
Collected Writings on Chinese Culture
Author: Tsuen-Hsuin TsienPublisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ISBN: 9629969750
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
A skilled observer and noted scholar of Chinese culture, TsuenHsuin Tsien has contributed profoundly to the West's understanding of the East and vice versa. Having spent six decades as a professor and curator at The University of Chicago, he has been an indispensable resource on a wide range of topics that include Chinese paleography, paper, inkmaking, printing, cultural exchange, libraries, and biographies. Collected Writings on Chinese Culture contains distilled selections from Tsien's major works and journal articles, as well as his Memoir of a Centenarian, which traces Tsien's life from his youth in China through sixty years of scholarship at The University of Chicago. This volume is an excellent companion for anyone familiar with Tsien's work and also a welcome resource for readers unfamiliar with the author's writings and extensive impact within East Asian studies and across all of academia.
Science and Civilisation in China, Part 1, Paper and Printing
Author: Joseph NeedhamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521086905
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Part one of the fifth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is written by one of the project's collaborators. Professor Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin, working in regular consultation with Dr Needham, has written the most comprehensive account of every aspect of paper and printing in China to be published in the West. From a close study of the vast mass of source material, Professor Tsien brings order and illumination to an area of technology which has been of profound importance in the spread of civilisation. The main body of the book is a detailed study of the invention, technology and aesthetic development of printing in China. From the growth and ultimate refinements of early woodcut printing to the spread of printing from movable type and the development of book-binding, Professor Tsien carries the story forward to the beginning of the nineteenth century when 'more printed pages existed in Chinese than in all other languages put together'.
The 2nd Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions, a New Selection
Author: Martin GardnerPublisher:
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Category : Mathematical recreations
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Mathematical puzzles from origami to recreational logic, from digital roots and dudeny puzzles to the diabolic square, from the golden ratio to the generalized ham sandwish theorem.