What is a tangram? It is more easily seen and understood than defined in words. But to put it briefly, it is a geometric dissection puzzle in which seven standard pieces (five triangles, one square, one rhomboid) are used to make images of various objects. The origin of the name is not known, but the game itself is of Chinese origin, and for centuries it has been one of the most popular diversions in the Orient. The tangram is not entirely new to America, since Yankee sea captains brought books of tangram puzzles back from Canton and Shanghai. Edgar Allan Poe was a devotee, while on the...
What is a tangram? It is more easily seen and understood than defined in words. But to put it briefly, it is a geometric dissection puzzle in which se...
With over 10,000 diagrams and extensive tables of properties, this atlas is comprehensive and unique. Never before has so much visual information about graphs been collected in a single volume, making it an invaluable source for researchers in graph theory, operations research and computer science.
With over 10,000 diagrams and extensive tables of properties, this atlas is comprehensive and unique. Never before has so much visual information abou...
