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A Rolling Square Bridge: Reimagining the Wheel

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  1. Price & Myers, London, UK

    Alfred Jacquemot

  2. Architectural Association, London, UK

    Thomas Randall-Page

  3. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Antonín Slavík

  4. Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, USA

    Stan Wagon

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Jacquemot, A., Randall-Page, T., Slavík, A. et al. A Rolling Square Bridge: Reimagining the Wheel. Math Intelligencer (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-024-10335-4

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