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	Piet Pieterszoon Hein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Piet Pieterszoon Hein (or Pieter Pietersen Heyn) (November 25, 1577 – June 18, 1629) was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain.
		Hein was born in Delfshaven (now part of Rotterdam), the son of a captain, and he became a sailor while he was still a teenager.
		A direct descendant of Hein was Piet Hein, a famous 20th century physicist and poet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piet_Hein_(Netherlands) (585 words)

	Piet Hein (Netherlands): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Piet Hein (Netherlands) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Piet Pieterszoon Hein (also written as Heyn, 1577-1629) was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero.
		Hein was born on November 25, 1577 in Delfshaven[?] as the son of a captain, and he became a sailor while he was still a teenager.
		In 1628, Hein sailed out to caoptured the Spanish fleet loaded with silver from their American colonies.
	www.encyclopedian.com /pi/Piet-Hein-(Netherlands).html (339 words)

	Piet Hein (Denmark) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Piet Hein (December 16, 1905 - April 18, 1996) was a scientist, mathematician, inventor, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone".
		He was a direct descendant of Piet Hein, the Dutch naval hero of the 16th century.
		He is known to a wider public for his thousands of short, aphoristic poems called Grooks (Gruk in Danish) and creations like the game of Hex, Tangloids, Morra, Tower,, TacTix,,,, and the Soma cube.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Piet_Hein_(Denmark) (342 words)

	AECasia Product System 2002 - Thailand - ASSA ABLOY - Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Piet Hein solved the crisis by offering designing a giant superelliptic negotiating-table that accommodated the vanities of all the participating delegations.
		Piet Hein was extremely productive throughout the entire 20th century, and the list of noteworthy achievements is endless.
		In all respects, Piet Hein lived a very rewarding life, and when asked whether he would like to grow very old he said: "Provided I keep those of my mental faculties I still posess, I wouldn´t mind getting very old, because I think living is the most amusing I´ve ever tried".
	www.aecasia.com /ASSAABLOY/funxion/profile.htm (556 words)

	Piet Hein
		Sin embargo, contrariamente a los ideales históricos, en Piet Hein los trabajos son encontrados un elemento fácilmente reconocible si esto es tras una materia de publicaciones científicas, ensayos, poesía o arquitectura.
		Piet Hein grooks especial fue creado, el alias del poeta que ser Kumbel Kumbell.
		Piet Hein le llamó grook pedagógico y lo mencionó después en otras conexiones como una especie de llave a todos los otros grooks.
	web.educastur.princast.es /proyectos/aulamatematica/Piet_Hein.htm (1258 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Piet Hein, the Danish Renaissance Man
		Piet Hein was born in Denmark, a direct descendant of the 17th century Dutch naval hero
		In trying to decide whether Piet Hein was a scientist or an artist, one reaches the conclusion that like his superellipse he was neither one thing nor the other, but was a beautiful blend of the two.
		Piet Hein defined Art as a way of thinking about all subjects, so for him being a poet was only one outlet for his astonishing creativity.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A1034731 (1157 words)

	Piet Hein - Uncyclopedia
		Piet Pieterszoon Pieter Pietsma Van Pieteren Pietssen Hein (Hiney for friends) (November 25, 1920 – June 18, 1975) was a Dutch ninja pirate and one man band during the Twelve Hours' War between the Land of Cheese and Uranus.
		Piet Hein's fame has been inherited throughout the generations.
		One of his famous descendants is Piet Hein Donner, another one is Albert Hein.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Piet_Hein (132 words)

	Piet Hein Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Piet Hein Tunnel (52.3729624° N 4.947633° E) is a 1.9 km long tunnel under an inlet of the IJsselmeer in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
		It provides a road link running east-west between the city center and the A10 ring-road, and since May 2005 also provides a tram link between the Centraal Station and Haveneiland, IJburg.
		Completed in 1997, the tunnel, approaches and related buildings were designed by the hypermodernist Dutch architectural firm Van Berkel + Bos, and was named after the Dutch naval hero Piet Hein.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piet_Hein_Tunnel (127 words)

	Piet Hein (Denmark) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He is known to a wider public for his thousands of short, aphoristic poems called Grooks (Gruk in Danish) and creations like the game of Hex, Tangloids, Morra, Tower, Polytaire, TacTix, Nimbi, Qrazy Qube, Pyramystery and the Soma cube.
		Grooks, by Piet Hein, (1998) Borgens Forlag; ISBN 8741810791
		Notes on Piet Hein, including several sample grooks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piet_Hein_(Denmark) (308 words)

	Thorleif's SOMA page
		The Danish Author Piet Hein conceived the idea of the SOMA cube in 1936, during a lecture of Quantum physics by Werner Heisenberg (Father of the un-certain principle).
		As the lecture continued, Piet Hein convinced himself quickly, using some hasty sketches on a piece of paper, that seven shapes, which in total contained 27 cubes, would let itself be combined to a larger cube of the dimensions 3 x 3 x 3.
		Piet Hein had two sons, Jotun and Piet (junior), who are mentioned in the Soma Cube manual as well as The Soma Addict as having contributed to many figures and proofs therein.
	www.fam-bundgaard.dk /SOMA/HISTORY.HTM (1816 words)

	Product Details
		designed by piet hein, these stainless steel candleholders are available in 4 different sizes.
		candles exposed to drafts or close-by passage of people should consider the wax drip guard made specifically for piet hein candleholders, sold separately.
		available in 2 sizes for small or large piet hein candleholders.
	www.unicahome.com /catalog/item.asp?id=11697 (90 words)

	Scandinavian Review: Piet Hein: A Dane to Remember (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Piet Hein (he is always referred to by both names) was a master of the an of coining aphorisms that speak to us from the heart, the mind and the gut all at once.
		LIKE OTHER DANES WITH DUTCH NAMES, Piet Hein is a descendent of Dutch colonists invited to Denmark by King Christian IV in the 17th century for their skills in constructing dikes and drainage works as well as shipbuilding.
		Piet Hein's motive for inventing this puzzle was to deal with the four-color map-topology problem, namely, how many colors are needed to color in a map without adjacent areas having the same color.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3760/is_200407/ai_n9414712 (1421 words)

	[minstrels] On Problems -- Piet Hein
		It would be hard to say what the most significant of Hein's many accomplishments was, but high among them is surely the invention and perfection of the grook.
		Pithy, perceptive, varying from the gently quirky to the funny, and with a deceptively simple style that hides their richly multifaceted nature while robbing it of none of its impact - the average grook reads like something between a nursery rhyme and a proverb, and like them, is absolutely distinctive.
		Hein not only wrote and translated all his grooks, he illustrated them too.
	www.cs.rice.edu /%7Essiyer/minstrels/poems/668.html (412 words)

	Piet Heyn / Piet Hein
		Piet Heyn learned the "art" of privateering during the years following the end of the twelve-year treaty (1621) with Habsburg, when many Dutch privateers were active against the privateers that operated from the Belgian city of Duinkerken.
		Piet Heyn sailed with the first fleet of the WIC that was active in a privateering capacity and which consisted of 26 ships.
		In 1629 heyn became Lieutenant-Admiral in the navy and was active as a privateer with a Commission from Frederick Hendrik, Prince of Oranje, Count of Nassau.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Garden/5213/heyn.htm (933 words)

	Hein, Piet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hein veroverde in mei 1624 San Salvador, de belangrijkste Portugese nederzetting in Brazilië, maar het volgend jaar namen de Spanjaarden de plaats alweer in.
		Hein nam na zijn thuiskomst ontslag bij de WIC en werd luitenant-admiraal van Holland.
		Hein zou nog eeuwenlang worden herdacht in verhalen, gedichten, portretten en beelden.
	www.kun.nl /ahc/vg/html/vg000287.htm (518 words)

	Vintage Piet Hein Ra lamp for Lyfa 1960's
		Philosopher, poet, mathematician and designer Piet Hein is perhaps best known today for his invention of the superelipse, an oval shape originally conceived to solve Copenhagen's traffic congestion but later applied to a range of design problems including the famous superelipse table which maximises the number of people who can be seated at it.
		Piet Hein's interest in form and function is also clearly evident in the Ra ceiling light he designed for Danish lighting company Lyfa in the 60's.
		Piet Hein's Ra was produced in several sizes up to 60cm (23.75 inches) diameter, and this example in white is the smallest size at 25cm (9.75).
	www.classic-modern.co.uk /light23details.htm (261 words)

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		Piet Hein (December 16, 1905 - April 18, 1996) was a scientist, mathematician, inventor, and author, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone".
		He studied at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen (later to become the Niels Bohr Institute), and Technical University of Denmark.
		He advocated the use of the super ellipse curve in city planning, furniture making and other realms.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/piet_hein__denmark_.html (189 words)

	Piet Hein Tunnel
		The Piet Hein Tunnel [1] (http://tenplusone.inax.co.jp/archive/ned/ned_019.html) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a 1.9 km long tunnel under an inlet of the Zuider Zee.
		It is named after the Dutch naval hero Piet Hein.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pi/Piet_Hein_Tunnel.html (87 words)

	[minstrels] A Psychological Tip -- Piet Hein
		Biography: Piet Hein (1905-1996) was a Danish poet and scientist with wide ranging interests.
		As an artist and constructor, Piet Hein in the 50's and 60's gave form to beautiful pieces of furniture, and he contributed to make "Scandinavian design" become an international conception.
		From: "Alan Kornheiser" I have seen this suggestion credited to Einstein...and if Hein was in fact a Danish scientist, the connection is not improbable.
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1156.html (366 words)

	About Piet Hein, John Nash and the Hex Game
		Piet Hein invented Con-Tac-Tix while contemplating the four-colour theorem for topology.
		This theorem states that four colours is sufficient to colour countries on a map such that no two adjacent countries have the same colour.
		The arrangement of hexagons on the Con-Tac-Tix board was of interest to Piet as this topology is an example that requires only three colours.
	members.optusnet.com.au /xyzrune/_private/hex.html (163 words)

	Piet hein-Amsterdam Hotels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With the most fashionable shopping street in Amsterdam, the PC Hooftstraat located right behind Piet Hein and the Concertgebouws only 300 metres away, this hotel is perhaps the best place to reside when one visits Amsterdam.
		Hotel Piet Hein is located on the right-hand side.
		Piet hein offers a breakfast room, a restaurant and a bar.
	www.hollandhotels.com /piet-hein.htm (1919 words)

	Piet Hein Donner - Uncyclopedia
		Piet Hein Donner is the sidekick of Jan Peter Balkenende.
		Which wouldn't be a loss, as Piet Hein and Jan Potter would drown along with it.
		This is the bike as seen on the picture, Piet is just cumming from a tea visit with Queen Beatrix.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Piet_Hein_Donner (169 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Piet Hein - Danish Renaissance Man
		As a poet he created thousands of Grooks (see below), as a philosopher he wrote about the cultures of 'knows' and 'know nots', as a designer he popularized (and named) the superellipse, and as an engineer and inventor he created several games and puzzles, the most famous of which are Hex and the Soma Cube.
		While at the University of Copenhagen in the 1930s Piet Hein went to lectures of the physicist Werner Heisenberg - famous for his Uncertainty Principle, for which he received the Nobel prize in 1932.
		Piet Hein's achievements will be celebrated at PietHein.com.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A1053956 (1197 words)

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		In Feb., 1900, during the South African War, Gen. Piet Cronje and his Boer (Afrikaner) troops were forced to surrender to the...
	bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?db=db&query=Piet+... (218 words)

	HotelsFare.Com - Refer Piet Hein Hotel Amsterdam to a friend!
		Simply fill in the e-mail address of the person(s) you wish to tell about Piet Hein Hotel Amsterdam, your name and e-mail address (so they do not think it is spam and can reply to you directly with gracious thanks), and click the SEND button.
		The Hotel Piet Hein is located in the heart of Amsterdam, overlooking the Vondelpark, within walking distance from many of Amsterdam's most beautiful museums.
		The hotel is complemented by the Piet Hein Annex, housed in the building next door, with comfortable 2 star rooms.
	www.hotelsfare.com /refer/4049 (324 words)

	Erik Graugaard - Piet Hein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The "free spirit" figure of Kumbel would then appear as little illustations in and around the text of the short essays that Piet Hein wrote about his views of everyday life.
		In it´s three-dimensional form Piet Hein´s super-ellipse design as well as the "Kumbel" figures, have now been copied into timeless jewels made of pure gold.
		Piet Hein, who is relatively unkown in the U.K. but, is as famous as Hans Christian Andersen and Georg Jensen in Denmark, spent his early childhood in Copenhagen where he attended the Metropolitan School.
	www.graugaard.dk /engelsk/e_sider/e_pietfront.html (238 words)

	The Man Who Wrote 10,000 Grooks
		Hein described his thinking about the problem in an essay that perfectly captures his blend of philosophy and science:
		Of the Cube, Hein wrote, “It is a beautiful freak of nature that the seven simplest irregular combinations of cubes can form a cube again.
		Hein was first, in 1942, and John Nash independently ‘re-invented’ it in 1948 while at Princeton.
	www.powerweb.net /playandlive/piethein.htm (889 words)

	Piet Hein Hotel Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hotel Piet Hein is located at a beautiful spot in the Museum Quarter.
		The superior rooms in Hotel Piet Hein have a nautical furnishing.
		The de Luxe rooms in Hotel Piet Hein have a nautical furnishing.
	www.stay-in-amsterdam.com /hotel/1812/en.html (370 words)

	Piet Hein - Agriturismo Villa Stabbia - English
		Piet Hein - Agriturismo Villa Stabbia - English
		For years I (Dane and Webmaster) have been fascinated by the funny and touchy poems written by the Danish poet and scientist Piet Hein (1901 - 1996).
		A rare combination of a humanitarian and technologist - inventor - mathematician - scientist and author.
	www.villastabbia.it /Eng/Piet-Hein-Villa-Stabbia.htm (444 words)

	Piet Hein Hotel Amsterdam - Rates To Go
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		Hotel Piet Hein*** offers you a pleasant nautical atmosphere and is located at the Vondelpark in the heart of Amsterdam.
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	www.ratestogo.com /Hotel/EN/Piet_Hein_Hotel_Amsterdam (178 words)

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