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Canonical name: Grünbaum, Branko
Birthdate: 1929-10-12
Gender: male
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD | Mathematics | 1957)
Occupations: professor (Mathematics | University of Washington)
Awards and honors: Lester R. Ford Award (1976)
Carl B. Allendoerfer Award (1978)
Leroy P. Steele Prize (Mathematical Exposition, 2005)

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Tilings and Patterns by Branko Grünbaum

Escher's tesselations, wallpaper patterns, Coxeter group, Penrose tiles. What do they have in common. In this remarkable treatise, diagrams and theorems compete for space and enrapture your mind. Some results are new. The classification scheme is cogent.
Infinite tilings? semi-regular tilings? which pieces will not tile? This is a Golomb meets Euclid book.

Jun 16, 2006