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.


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Authors & Contributors
Verardi, Donato
Bever, Edward Watts Morton
Brown, David
Calvo Martínez, José Luis
Copenhaver, Brian P.
Hunter, Michael Cyril William
Journals
Albion
Almagest
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
French History
Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies
Publishers
Firenze University Press
Cambridge University Press
A.K. Peters
Agorà
Brill
Carocci Editore
Concepts
Occult sciences
Natural magic
Magic
Witchcraft; demonology
Astrology
Science and religion
People
Della Porta, Giovan Battista
Newton, Isaac
Campanella, Tommaso
Cárdenas, Juan de
Descartes, René
Ficino, Marsilio
Time Periods
17th century
Ancient
Renaissance
Early modern
16th century
15th century
Places
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
Rome (Italy)
China
Europe
France
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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