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1、STAMPINGTHROUGHMATHEMATICSThetenmathematicalformulaethatchangedthefaceoftheearth,asdepictedbyNicaraguain1971.AlbrechtDürer’senigmaticengravingMelencoliaIappearsonthisminiaturesheetfromMongolia.ItfeaturesthebroodingfigureofMelancholyinreflectivemood,holdingapairofcompasses.Featuredareagian
2、tpolyhedron,asphere,anhourglass,anda44magicsquareinwhichthenumbersineachrow,columnanddiagonaladdupto34;thedateoftheengraving,1514,appearsinthebottomrow.STAMPINGTHROUGHMATHEMATICSROBINJ.WILSONTheOpenUniversity,UKAllscienceiseitherphysicsorstampcollectingERNESTRUTHERFORD13RobinJ.WilsonDepa
3、rtmentofPureMathematicsTheOpenUniversityMiltonKeynesMK76AAUnitedKingdomr.j.wilson@open.ac.ukMathematicsSubjectClassification(2000):01A05,01AxxLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataWilson,RobinJ.Stampingthroughmathematics/RobinJ.Wilson.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex
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