{"product_id":"early-history-of-magic-cubes-jacques-sesiano-9782889156993","title":"Early History of Magic Cubes (1100-1850)","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into the predecessors of the magic cube.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Magic cubes are generally considered to have been invented in the second half of the nineteenth century, when the conditions for a cube to be called magic were established: it must display the same sum in each horizontal, vertical, and front-to-back row, as well as in the four internal diagonals of the cube. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e However, during the preceding seven centuries, constructions of magic cubes had already begun, but obeying other definitions. The first study is found in twelfth-century Persia. Then, Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) dealt with them in the seventeenth century. Unaware of the existence of predecessors and with a different design, the Frenchman Joseph Sauveur (1653-1716) taught a construction method that was adopted in Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's (1646-1716) circle. This method was expanded in the 1830s but fell into oblivion with the modern definition of the magic cube.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Sesiano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 2889156990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782889156993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epfl Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jacques Sesiano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850135908607,"sku":"9782889156993","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-history-of-magic-cubes-jacques-sesiano-9782889156993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}