From Scientific American
"In this book," Pickover writes, "we will go far beyond ordinary magic squares and consider many unusual variations, some in higher dimensions, all with mind-boggling patterns." You do not have to reach the "miniature epiphany" he says you might have while contemplating the intriguing structures he describes, but you should get instruction and pleasure from them. Pickover, a research staff member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, is the author of many other books on mathematical subjects. Editors of Scientific American --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
A perpetual idea machine, Clifford Pickover is one of the most creative, original thinkers in the world today. -- Journal of Recreational Mathematics
Pickover just seems to exist in more dimensions than the rest of us. -- Ian Stewart, Scientific American
Clifford Pickover is many things--scientist, scholar, author, editor, and visionary. . . . -- Games
It is a safe bet to conjecture that this is the best recreational mathematics book that will be published in this year. . . . Pickover writes with his usual style and straightforward simplicity in this book. The material is presented well and can be understood by anyone with a basic middle school mathematics background. This is a cool book! -- Charles Ashbacker, Journal of Recreational Mathematics
Through accessible and readable prose and through detailed, highquality line illustrations, Pickover ably transports the general reader from culturally embedded traditional topics to a new and surprising frontier. -- Harold Don Allen, Mathematics Teacher
Pickover writes about his subject with contagious enthusiasm and comprehensive erudition. -- Choice
A splendid recreational book. . . . An extremely alluring page-turner. -- Andrew Bremner, Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Pickover just seems to exist in more dimensions than the rest of us. -- Ian Stewart, Scientific American
Clifford Pickover is many things--scientist, scholar, author, editor, and visionary. . . . -- Games
It is a safe bet to conjecture that this is the best recreational mathematics book that will be published in this year. . . . Pickover writes with his usual style and straightforward simplicity in this book. The material is presented well and can be understood by anyone with a basic middle school mathematics background. This is a cool book! -- Charles Ashbacker, Journal of Recreational Mathematics
Through accessible and readable prose and through detailed, highquality line illustrations, Pickover ably transports the general reader from culturally embedded traditional topics to a new and surprising frontier. -- Harold Don Allen, Mathematics Teacher
Pickover writes about his subject with contagious enthusiasm and comprehensive erudition. -- Choice
A splendid recreational book. . . . An extremely alluring page-turner. -- Andrew Bremner, Notices of the American Mathematical Society
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