Legacy Of The Luoshu
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Legacy of the Luoshu
Author: Frank J. Swetz
language: en
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Release Date: 2002
A magic square is an arrangement of numbers where the rows, columns, and two main diagonals add up to the same number. One of the most important squares, the Luoshu, has been studied and revered for its magical properties for centuries. Even today, the Luoshu is key to feng shui, cosmology, the occult, numerology, and mathematical puzzles. Professor Swetz explores its historical and present-day uses.
Legacy of the Luoshu
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 h
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