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Can I read Dissections: Plane and Fancy on EtoBox?
Dissections: Plane and Fancy by Greg Norman Frederickson is a mathematics available to read on EtoBox.
What is Dissections: Plane and Fancy about?
Can you cut an octagon into five pieces and rearrange them into a square? How about turning a star into a pentagon? These are just two of the infinite challenges of geometric dissections, the mathematical art of cutting figures into pieces that can be rearranged to form other figures, using as few pieces as possible. Through the ages, geometric dissections have fascinated puzzle fans and great mathematicians alike. Here are dissections known to Plato and exciting new discoveries alike. Greg Fred
Who reads Dissections: Plane and Fancy?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Greg Norman Frederickson
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521525824
- Category
- mathematics
- Subjects
- Sports, Mathematics, Lifestyle
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
