News stories and news releases about Hinged Dissections: Swinging & Twisting



News story in The Exponent

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"

News release from the Purdue University News Service

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"

Notice on AAAS's EurekAlert!

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

Notice on Newswise

The Purdue University news release was also picked up by Newswise and posted on October 3, 2002:
NEWSWISE Browse SciNews October 2002

Article in Purdue University School of Science newsletter Sequel

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"

Summary by Book News, Inc.

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."

Digest of American Scientist in Mathematical Digest

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.

Class note in the Harvard Magazine

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.