Magic Squares: Their History and Construction from Ancient Times to AD 1600 (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences)
Brand: Springer
Categories: Books, Science & Math, Mathematics



Dimensions: 6.25 x 1 x 9.5 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3030179923
Publisher: Springer
Print length: 325 pages
Publication date: May 29, 2019
ISBN-13: 978-3030179922
Edition: 1st ed. 2019
Part of series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
subtitle: 1st ed. 2019 Edition
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review: Editorial Reviews Review “This is certainly a definitive comprehensive treatise on the history of magic squares from their known beginnings to 1600. There is a wealth of material, containing methods of construction as well as individual magic squares, including bordered and pandiagonal magic squares, that is astonishing.” (Victor V. Pambuccian, zbMATH 1422.01002, 2019) From the Back Cover The science of magic squares witnessed an important development in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, with a great variety of construction methods being created and ameliorated. The initial step was the translation, in the ninth century, of an anonymous Greek text containing the description of certain highly developed arrangements, no doubt the culmination of ancient research on magic squares.