FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
GEOMETRY
Hypatia
SQUARE WHEELS
Maryam Mirzakhani
STRAIGHT EDGE, CURVED SLOT
J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.
BUILDING BUILDINGS
Fan Chung
CORNERS AND EDGES AND FACES! OH MY!
GAMES
John Conway
DOTS AND BOXES
Federico Ardila
PIGEONS LOVE HOLES
Srinivasa Ramanujan
MANCALA
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
AWESOME ALGEBRA
ART
Grace Hopper
BINARY BRACELET
Mary Everest Boole
STITCHING EVEREST
Ron Graham
FIBONACCI SPIRAL
Jennifer McLoud-Mann
SHAPE-SHIFTING
STATISTICS
Gertrude Mary Cox
BARS, SHORT AND TALL
Mary Cartwright
ORGANIZED CHAOS
Florence Nightingale
PIZZA PIE CHARTS
David Blackwell
ALWAYS BET ON MATH
Nalini Joshi
THE THREE BOXES PROBLEM
RECREATIONAL MATH
Persi Diaconis
MATHEMATICAL MAGIC
George Boole
THE PRINCESS’S PUZZLES
Emmy Noether
FABULOUS FOLDING FLEXAGONS
Martin Gardner
A HEAP OF HEXAGONS
FINAL PROJECT
Shing-Tung Yau
ALIEN CITY
HINTS AND SOLUTIONS
GLOSSARY
PULLOUTS AND TEMPLATES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
INDEX
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