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Before Sudoku: The World of Magic Squares

Before Sudoku: The World of Magic Squares Paperback - 2009

by Block, Seymour S

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Fans of sudoku may not know that the game is a recent offshoot of the venerable Magic Square, which dates back more than 4,000 years to ancient China. This book provides a delightful account of the mind-boggling variety possible with magical squares.

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  • Title Before Sudoku: The World of Magic Squares
  • Author Block, Seymour S
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
  • Date 2009-02-24
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR001890002
  • ISBN 9780195367904 / 0195367901
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (20.57 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mathematical recreations, Magic squares
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008018537
  • Dewey Decimal Code 793.74

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the author

Both authors are retired from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Seymour Block, Ph.D., is a past president of the American Chemical Society, though he long ago became an aficionado of and expert on Ben Franklin. He's written two well-reviewed trade books on Franklin, not to mention several academic books in chemistry/chemical engineering (including one chemE reference book now in its 5th edition). Block has been interviewed on the History Channel on Franklin and his inventions and has written a number of popular articles on him, most recently the feature cover article for American History magazine (February 2006, "Benjamin Franklin: America's Inventor"). Santiago Tavares, Ph.D., has researched applied and computational math and is an author of one academic/professional math book.