The Mobius Strip
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Dr. August Mobius's Marvelous Band in Mathematics, Games, Literature, Art, Technology, and Cosmology
Acclaimed popular science writer Clifford Pickover explores the weird world of the shape made famous by M.C. Escher
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- ISBN: 9781560259527
- Author: Clifford Pickover
- Pub date: 09.01.07
- RRP: $29.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Clifford Pickover
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 behaviour 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 colourful puzzle calendars, and contributor to magazines geared to children and adults.Pickover is a Research Staff Member at the IBM T. J. Watson Research centre, 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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