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Legacy of the Luoshu: the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three (2nd edn), by Frank J. Swetz. Pp. 214. £21.50 (hardback). 2008. ISBN 978 1 56881 427 8 (A. K. Peters).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Alan Sutcliffe*
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