Brian Colombo, a staff writer for
The Exponent,
Purdue University's independent daily student newspaper,
wrote an article
that appeared in the edition for Friday, August 30, 2002.
(Vol. 117, No. 124, p. 1).
It also appears online:
"Professor's new book hinges on geometry"
"Professor's new book hinges on geometry"
Chad Boutin, a writer for the
Purdue University News Service, wrote a news release
that was distributed on September 10, 2002.
It appears online:
"New book makes geometry swing and twist"
The Purdue University news release was picked up by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science's online EurekAlert
and posted on October 2, 2002:
EurekAlert - Books
The Purdue University news release was also picked up by Newswise
and posted on October 3, 2002:
NEWSWISE Browse SciNews October 2002
The Purdue University School of Science newsletter
Sequel reprinted
the Purdue University news release
"New book makes geometry swing and twist"
on page 11 of its Issue 38 (Fall 2002):
"New book makes geometry swing and twist"
Book News, Inc., in Portland, Oregon,
has summarized the book:
"For anyone who has had a course in high school geometry and thought
that regular hexagons were rather pretty, Frederickson
(computer science, Purdue U.) explores how to cut a geometric figure
such that rotating the pieces at their intersections can
form another figure. Such puzzles were popular about a century ago."
The American Mathematical Society's
Mathematical Digest,
which provides "Short Summaries of Articles about Mathematics
in the Popular Press",
quoted the last two sentences in the review,
which were very complimentary.
Here is the link to the summary.
For Harvardians, a
short note
under 1969 in "The Classes" section of the
September-October 2003 issue (volume 106, number 1, page 100F) of the
Harvard Magazine.
Last updated Sept. 5, 2003.