The road that leads from the M?bius 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 M?bius 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.
關於作者：
Dr. Clifford A. Pickover is the author of over thirty
highly-acclaimed books on such topics as computers and creativity,
art, mathematics, black holes, human behavior and intelligence,
religion, medical mysteries, time travel, alien life, and science
fiction. He is a prolific inventor with dozens of patents, the
associate editor for several journals, author of colorful puzzle
calendars, and contributor to magazines geared to children and
adults.
Pickover is a Research Staff Member at the IBM T. J. Watson
Research Center, where he has received over 40 invention
achievement awards. He is also the Brain-Strain columnist for
Odyssey magazine and, for many years, he was the Brain-Boggler
columnist for Discover magazine. Among his many patents, Pickover
received U.S. Patent 5,095,302 for a 3-D computer mouse, 5,564,004
for strange computer icons, and 5,682,486 for black-hole
transporter interfaces to computers.
He received his Ph.D. from Yale University''s Department of
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.
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