The Mbius Strip: Dr. August Mbius's Marvelous Band in Mathematics, Games, Literature, Art, Technology, and Cosmology - Hardcover

Pickover, Clifford A.

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ISBN 10: 1560258268 ISBN 13: 9781560258261

Verlag: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006

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Book by Pickover Clifford A

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An analysis of the one-sided and one-edged shape made famous by the illustrations of M.C. Escher, written by an award-winning IBM researcher, traces the Möbius strip's history from the mid-1800s to its present role in mathematics, science, engineering, and other disciplines.

Biografía del autor:

Dr. Clifford A. Pickover is the author of over thirty highly-acclaimed books on such topics as computers and creativity, art, mathematics, black holes, human behavior and intelligence, religion, medical mysteries, time travel, alien life, and science fiction. He is a prolific inventor with dozens of patents, the associate editor for several journals, author of colorful puzzle calendars, and contributor to magazines geared to children and adults.

Pickover is a Research Staff Member at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, where he has received over 40 invention achievement awards. He is also the Brain-Strain columnist for Odyssey magazine and, for many years, he was the Brain-Boggler columnist for Discover magazine. Among his many patents, Pickover received U.S. Patent 5,095,302 for a 3-D computer mouse, 5,564,004 for strange computer icons, and 5,682,486 for black-hole transporter interfaces to computers.

He received his Ph.D. from Yale University's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.

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• Verlag: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1560258268
• ISBN 13: 9781560258261
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304