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ISBN: 0671578588

ISBN13: 9780671578589

Hokas Pokas!

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(Book #4 in the Hoka Series)

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Book Overview

Two Legends of SF Team Up Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson present the Hokas, teddy-bear-like aliens who take the stories of Earth very seriously, in this classic of humorous SF. When a human thinks he's Napoleon Bonaparte, it's time to get out a straightjacket. But when a Hoka thinks he's Napoleon Bonaparte, you'd better believe it Particularly since there'll be hundreds of other Hokas around who know for a fact that they're the French Army, mon amis , even if they're on another planet lightyears away from Earth, and the forces they're facing aren't the British but very nasty warlike aliens who by all reason should be expected to make mincemeat out of the Hokas. But when it comes to Hokas, reason does not compute. These friendly, fuzzy aliens who resemble large teddy bears have a very vivid imagination and have never quite grasped the difference between human fiction and reality, or (in the present case), between past history and the much later and rather different present. Always bet on the Hokas. Even when a young lad and his Hoka tutor find themselves stuck on a planet where they seem to be scheduled to fulfill and ancient (and lethal ) prophesy that neither of them had ever heard of until now. Hokas as usual find that reality is merely optional and the good guys--and bears--always win, quicker than you can say HOKAS POKAS About Poul Anderson: "One of science fiction's authentic geniuses."- Chicago Sun-Times "Anderson fuses elegiac prose and a sweeping vision of man's technological future..."- Booklist "One of science fiction's giants."-Arthur C. Clarke About Gordon R. Dickson: "Dickson is one of SF's standard-bearers."-- Publishers Weekly "Dickson has a true mastery of pacing and fine understanding of human beings."-- Seattle Post Intelligencer "A masterful science fiction writer."-- Milwaukee Journal This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0671578588

ISBN13:9780671578589

Release Date:February 2000

Publisher:Baen Books

Length:278 Pages

Weight:0.32 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 4.1" x 6.7"

Age Range:16 years and up

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Rated 5 stars
Excellent and Insightful

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 8, 2007

This short paperback is a hidden gem. It contains so many insightful pithy clues about life, along with easy to understand mathematical paradigms. Every item will have you saying is this math, is it philosophy, is it religion, or is just true in many, many ways.

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Shows how mathematics intertwines with the arts and biology

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 23, 2006

This book is a unique one that combines mathematics with art and somewhat quantifies that which we call beauty. The mathematical concepts presented are not difficult. If you've been exposed to algebra and geometry you should have no trouble. What will definitely help is having studied art, and in particular, art appreciation. With no real feeling for symmetry or form you might not appreciate this book as much as you could...

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Rated 5 stars
A good book focused on Phi

By Thriftbooks.com User, April 22, 2003

I'm not a mathematician, but I still found this book to be readable. It is largely focused on the Golden Section (Phi) and related proportions, including Fibonacci numbers, sqrt(Phi), etc. The explanation of how to derive this number is clearly explained in the first few chapters. The following chapters show how Phi is related to most things we see everyday, including architecture, 5-point animals, crystal latticies, art,...

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Rated 5 stars
Accessible and Fascinating

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 28, 2001

This excellent book, written in 1946, still remains in print, and for good reason. Ghyka shows mathematically that objects in nature are not randomly formed, but all have regularity and harmony.Beginning with the concepts of ratio and proportion in the plane, the Golden Section, and then to regular polygons and geometric shapes in 3 dimensions, Ghyka demonstrates these patterns with simple algebra and geometry, and plenty...

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Rated 5 stars
Aesthetics you can sink your mind into

By Thriftbooks.com User, July 12, 2001

Why are beautiful works of art beautiful? What makes a striking piece of architecture striking? Why is it we find such pleasure in admiring a flower, or a tree? Rather than addressing these questions from a subjective standpoint, Ghyka analyzes the mathematical geometry of classical art, architecture, and biology and attempts to find a common thread to bind them all together. It's a wonderful mix of mathematics and history...

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