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Legacy of the Luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three
A symbol of the Divine, a good luck charm, a cosmogram of the world order, a template for fengshui -through the ages, the luoshu, or magic squre of order three, has fascinated people of many different cultures. In this riveting account of cultural detective work, renowned mathematics educator, Frank...
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CRC Press
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2009775 |
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| author | Swetz, Frank |
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| description | A symbol of the Divine, a good luck charm, a cosmogram of the world order, a template for fengshui -through the ages, the luoshu, or magic squre of order three, has fascinated people of many different cultures. In this riveting account of cultural detective work, renowned mathematics educator, Frank J. Swetz relates how he uncovered the previously hidden history of the luoshu, from its Chinese origins, shrouded in legend, through its eventual association with Chinese fortunetelling, Daoism, and fengshui, to its incorporation into Islamic astrology and alchemy and its migration into Kabbalistic |
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| spelling | cern-20097752021-04-21T20:21:37Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/2009775engSwetz, FrankLegacy of the Luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order threeMathematical Physics and MathematicsA symbol of the Divine, a good luck charm, a cosmogram of the world order, a template for fengshui -through the ages, the luoshu, or magic squre of order three, has fascinated people of many different cultures. In this riveting account of cultural detective work, renowned mathematics educator, Frank J. Swetz relates how he uncovered the previously hidden history of the luoshu, from its Chinese origins, shrouded in legend, through its eventual association with Chinese fortunetelling, Daoism, and fengshui, to its incorporation into Islamic astrology and alchemy and its migration into KabbalisticCRC Pressoai:cds.cern.ch:20097752008 |
| spellingShingle | Mathematical Physics and Mathematics Swetz, Frank Legacy of the Luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three |
| title | Legacy of the Luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three |
| title_full | Legacy of the Luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three |
| title_fullStr | Legacy of the Luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three |
| title_full_unstemmed | Legacy of the Luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three |
| title_short | Legacy of the Luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three |
| title_sort | legacy of the luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three |
| topic | Mathematical Physics and Mathematics |
| url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2009775 |
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