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the Road That Leads From The Möbius Strip — A Common-sense-defying Continuous Loop With Only One Side And One Edge, Made Famous By The Illustrations Of M.c. Escher — Goes To Some Of The Strangest Spots Imaginable. It Takes Us To Where The Purely Intellectual Enters Our World: Where Our Senses, Overloaded With Grocery Bills, The Price Of Gas, And What To Eat For Lunch, Are Expected To Absorb Really Bizarre Ideas. And No Better Guide To This Weird Universe Exists Than The Brilliant Thinker Clifford A. Pickover, The 21st Century's Answer To Buckminster Fuller. from Molecules And Metal Sculptures To Postage Stamps, Architectural Structures, And Models Of The Universe, the Möbius Strip Gives Readers A Glimpse Of New Ways Of Thinking And Other Worlds As Pickover Reaches Across Cultures And Peers Beyond Our Ordinary Reality. Lavishly Illustrated, this Is An Infinite Fountain Of wondrous Forms That Can Be Used To Help Explain How Mathematics Has Permeated Every Field Of Scientific Endeavor, Such As The Colors Of A Sunset Or The Architecture Of Our Brains; How It Helps Us Build Supersonic Aircraft And Roller Coasters, Simulate The Flow Of Earth’s Natural Resources, Explore Subatomic Quantum Realities, And Depict Faraway Galaxies. publishers Weekly the Mobius Band Is A Puzzlingly Twisted Strip Of Paper Joined At The Ends With, Remarkably, Only One Side. It Was Discovered Separately In 1858 By German Mathematicians August Ferdinand Mobius And Johann Benedict Listing. As Pickover (calculus And Pizza), A Prolific Science Author And Former Discover Columnist, Tells Us, Today Mobius's Strip Is Everywhere: It Forms The Familiar Recycling Symbol; Freestyle Skiers Attempt A Stunt Called A Mobius Flip; And It Appears In The Works Of Artists Like M.c. Escher And Writers Like Arthur C. Clarke. Pickover Uses The Strip As A Jumping-off Point For A Wide-ranging Exploration Of Objects That Are Chiral (objects That Are Mirror Images Yet Cannot Be Superimposed On Each Other) Or Have Unusual Properties Of Continuity. His Travels Take Us From Earth, Where He Describes Patented Contraptions That Incorporate The Strip (a Conveyor Belt Being One Of The Most Successful), To The Outer Reaches Of Space, Explaining Some Very Strange Topologies That Have Been Theorized For The Universe. Pickover Is Less Successful In His Forays Into Literature And The Arts, And At Times He Wanders Far Afield. Readers Who Enjoy Recreational Mathematics A La Martin Gardner Will Get Much Pleasure From This Inviting Book. B&w Illus. (may) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. The road that leads from the Mobius strip -- a common-sense-defying continuous loop with only one side and one edge, made famous by the illustrations of M.C. Escher -- goes to some of the strangest spots imaginable. It takes us to a place where the purely intellectual enters our daily world: where our outraged senses, overloaded with grocery bills, the price of gas, and what to eat for lunch, are expected to absorb really bizarre ideas. And no better guide to this weird universe exists than the brilliant thinker Clifford A. Pickover, the 21st century's answer to Buckminster Fuller. Come along as Pickover traces the origins of the Mobius strip from the mid-1800s, when the visionary scientist Dr. August Mobius became the first to describe the properties of one-sided surfaces, to the present, where it is an integral part of mathematics, magic, science, art, engineering, literature, and music. It has become a metaphor for change, strangeness, looping, and rejuvenation. Touching on everything from molecules and metal sculptures to postage stamps, architectural structures, and models of our entire universe, The Mobius Strip is lavishly illustrated and gives readers a glimpse into other worlds and new ways of thinking as Pickover reaches across cultures and dimensions. Content: M©œbius limericks to get you in the mood -- Introduction -- M©œbius magicians -- Knots, civilization, autism, and the collapse of sidedness -- A brief history of M©œbius the man -- Technology, toys, molecules, and patents -- Strange adventures in topology and beyond -- Cosmos, reality, transcendence -- Games, mazes, art, music, and architecture -- Literature and movies -- A few final words -- Solutions -- References and appendix -- Readings by chapter -- About the author. Möbius limericks to get you in the mood Introduction Möbius magicians Knots, civilization, autism, and the collapse of sidedness A brief history of Möbius the man Technology, toys, molecules, and patents Strange adventures in topology and beyond Cosmos, reality, transcendence Games, mazes, art, music, and architecture Literature and movies A few final words Solutions References and appendix Readings by chapter About the author. Traces the origins of the Möbius strip, a sense-defying continuous loop with only one side and one edge, from the mid-1800s to the present, exploring how it has been used in mathematics, magic, science, art, engineering, literature, and music. Clifford A. Pickover. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 217-237) And Index.