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Hommage to Albrecht Durer

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Can you make a square so that not only the rows,columns and diagonals add to 34,but also the 4 corner numbers,the 4 central numbersand each of the 2×2 corner squares add to 34? who was Albrecht Dürer A Magic square is a grid where the sum of the numbers in each line, each column and … Read more

Exodus

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Programming is like poetry let my people go! The people are slaves: set them free by moving, but not removing, the bricks. exodus with the plagues   exodus all made out of wood exodus made out of wood and marble   Look at our catalog

Devil’s Bridge

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DEVIL’S BRIDGE. Inspired by the model of the bridge Codex Atlanticus designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1487. Legend has it that one day the Master Builder creates a bridge robust, simple and well done. Word spread that only with supernatural help this wonderful work could be built. In return, the manufacturer had promised the … Read more

Pythagoras

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This is a tile formed by 14 pieces. It was situated a hundred years ago in the gardens of the library of Cordoba. An abstract geometric decoration. Its origins date back to 1100 , when Cordoba was a center of civilazation , culture and tolerance, in which arabs, jews and christians lived in great harmony. … Read more

Vitus Bering

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Transform the 7 pieces that make the pentagon in to a square. You will find the Northern pole star at the end of the “bob” or “handle” of the Little Dipper asterism in the constellation Ursa Minor. So the boat can find where the north is. FORMA COI 7 PEZZI DEL PENTAGONO UN QUADRATO NEL … Read more

Spider

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The spider, a factory worker, made his beautiful and perfect dodecagonal canvases. One day the boss told him to make a square canvas. With the six pieces that compose his web help him make a square one. Il ragno, operaio in una fabbrica, faceva le sue belle tele dodecagonali perfette fin che un giorno il … Read more