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Each article is followed by a related fullpage color image. Beginning millions of years ago with ancient ant odometers and moving through time to our modernday quest for new dimensions, prolific polymath clifford pickover covers 250 milestones in mathematical history. Although the patterns are computergenerated, the book is informal and emphasis is on the fun that the true pattern lover. Pickover has 52 books on goodreads with 21646 ratings. Pickover is a prolific author, having published more than 50 books, translated into over a dozen languages, on topics ranging from science and mathematics to religion, art, and history. Pickover article pdf available in journal of mathematics and the arts 53.
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