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Take Shapes, Lines and Letters: New Horizons in Mathematics
Take Shapes Lines and Letters New Horizons in Mathematics Author:Jeanne Bendick and Marcia Levin This book introduces shapes, lines, angles, letters - mathematics without numbers? Do you know: — -what the Golden Rectangle is? — -how musical notes are related mathematically? — -whether a straight line is really the shortest distance between two points? — -why a twelve-sided figure is a symbol of the universe? — Here the authors explore with the ... more »readera bridge of mathematical ideas that stretches from the ancient Greeks to the mathematicians of today. The mathematics in art, music, and everyday life; Chinese Tangram puzzles; graphs, secret codes; how to make a true circle without using a compass; how to cut a strip of paper that has only one side - these are a few of the imagination-teasers in this highly original book. Jeanne Bendick brings each concept to life with her clean, lively pen and ink drawings.« less