Book ID: CBB000201515

The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars: An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions (2002)

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Pickover, Clifford A. (Author)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: xx + 405 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description Discusses the magical properties believed to be inherent in magic squares in cultures around the world, including European, Chinese, Babylonian, and Mayan.


Citation URI
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Authors & Contributors
Verardi, Donato
Maxwell, Lynn
Waddell, Mark A.
Swetz, Frank J.
Simon, Maryse
Simón, F. Marco
Journals
MHNH (Revista Internacional de Investigación sobre Magia y Astrología Antiguas)
Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought, and Religion
St. John's Review
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies
French History
Publishers
Routledge
Palgrave Macmillan
Johns Hopkins University
Firenze University Press
Editora Vozes
Agorà
Concepts
Occult sciences
Natural magic
Magic
Witchcraft; demonology
Alchemy
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
People
Della Porta, Giovan Battista
Newton, Isaac
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Webster, John
Proclus
Henshaw, Thomas
Time Periods
17th century
Ancient
16th century
Renaissance
Early modern
Medieval
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Spain
France
Great Britain
Middle and Near East
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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