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Pentagons and pentagrams : an illustrated history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maor, Eli
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Jost, Eugen, 1950- (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Pentagon.
Pentacles.
Mathematics > History.
Pentagones.
Mathématiques > Histoire.
pentagons.
MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General.
MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy.
Mathematics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Five
  • [phi symbol]
  • But is it divine?
  • Constructing the regular pentagon
  • Pentagrams
  • Pentastars
  • Tessellations : defying the impossible
  • The discovery of fivefold symmetry in crystals
  • Oh, that Pentagon.