退休老人自制智力玩具 Retired old man homemade intelligence toys

由正六边形和正五边形构成 The hexagonal and positive pentagon composition

　　69岁的周子强手中常把玩着一个圆球。这个塑料圆球直径约15cm，如同足球一样由20块正六边形和12块正五边形构成。不过，与孩子们玩耍的小足球不同，这个小球另有玄机它是一个数学玩具，而其中的奥秘，周子强废寝忘食地探索了五年。

The 69 - year - old ZhouZi monopoly often holding a ball.The plastic pellet diameter about 15 cm,As football by 20 piece of hexagonal and 12 block is pentagon composition.but,And children's play different small football,The ball otherwise tells it is a mathematical toys,And one of the mystery,ZhouZiJiang forget oneself to explore for five years.

　　近日，这位老人告诉早报记者，膝下儿女双全，家庭和睦，也不愁钱。他最想做的事，是把自己发明的这件数学玩具推广出去，或用他自己的话来说，“用这个智慧升华的平台，让全国的青少年聪明起来。”

recently,The old man told the morning paper reporter,Knees children and proper,Family harmony,Also don't worry about money.What he wants to do most things,The invention is the mathematical toy promotion out,Or, in his own words,"Use this wisdom sublimation platform,Let the national youth wiser."

梦中想出“东方幻球” Dream come up with"Oriental magic ball"

　　周子强1965年毕业于上海海事大学海运管理。当时，他就以数学成绩见长，“从小学到大学，数学一直是全班第一。”毕业后，他先后做过调度员、调度主任、货运管理等，拥有高级经济师职称的他，还曾外派香港十年。工作时，他天天忙忙碌碌，2003年退休后，时间一下子多出不少。

ZhouZiJiang 1965 graduated from Shanghai maritime university Marine management.At that time,He is to be good at math,"From primary school to college,Mathematics has been the first in the class."After graduation,He has done dispatcher/Scheduling director/Freight management,Have senior economist title he,Had assignment Hong Kong ten years.work,He is as busy as a bee everyday,2003 years after retirement,At the time a lot.

　　闲不住的老周很快爱上了各种数学游戏，从中国传统的“幻方”到舶来品“数独”，他都玩得不亦乐乎。他还投了不少钱在研制数学玩具上，“一共花了二十来万元。可惜，都没能推广出去。”

The Lao zhou'm restless soon fell in love with various mathematical game,From the traditional Chinese"Magic square"To imported goods"sudoku",He have fun together.lots of fun.He also threw a lot of money in the research on mathematical toys,"A total of spent 20 to ten thousand yuan.unfortunately,Don't go out can be extended."

　　五年前，一个念头在已是数独高手的老周心中萌发：“原有的数独是平面的，能不能做成立体的？”

Five years ago,A thought in is sudoku hotshot Lao zhou heart germination:"The original sudoku is flat,Can you make it solid?"

　　根据老周自己的说法，灵感来自一个梦境：“我想了半年多之后的一天晚上做了一个梦，梦见一个白胡子老头手里拿着一个球。”

According to the Lao zhou own stories,Inspiration comes from a dream:"I think for half a year after more than one night a man had a dream,Dream of a white beard old man holding a ball."

钻研五年“球面算术” Study five years"Spherical arithmetic"

　　很快，他设计出被他自己命名为“东方幻球”的玩具：一个由20块正六边形和12块正五边形构成的圆球，圆球上的每一块都嵌入一颗可转动的小珠，小珠上标注6种颜色的数字。玩家需按要求，将小珠旋转出不同颜色和数字。设计题目的工作远比设计玩具本身复杂。他说，这五年以来，每天早上8点起床，晚上12点睡觉，除了吃饭和散步，别的时间几乎都花在完善“东方幻球”上。有“文革”期间下放南京当开模工的经历，老周自己画设计图，花8000元找人开模制作样品。

soon,He devised by his own named"Oriental magic ball"toys:A from 20 piece of hexagonal and 12 block is composed of pentagon ball,In the sphere of each block are embedded a rotatable beads,Beads on mark 6 kinds of number of colors.Players should be made according to requirements,The small bead turn out different colors and Numbers.Design topic work than design toys itself complex.He said,The five years since,Every morning get up at 8 o 'clock,Sleep 12:00 p.m.,In addition to food and take a walk,Almost all other time spent on perfect"Oriental magic ball"on.have"Cultural revolution"Decentralized during nanjing when open die working experience,Lao zhou himself draw up a blueprint,Spend 8000 yuan for someone to open mold making sample.

　　五年间，老周整理了70多页、200多道例题的分析，形成了一部手稿。这些题目有的看上去简单，但实际上做起来却并不容易。而到了高阶题目时，难度更大了。玩家需为32个多边形编号，满足编号间的数学关系。在出题解题时，老周研究出把球体摊平成三角形的方法，“这其实就是一个立体和平面的转化。”

Five years,Lao zhou finishing up more than 70 pages/More than 200 word examples analysis,Formed a manuscript.These questions some looks simple,But in fact it is not easy.By high order topic,More difficult the.Players are required to 32 polygon Numbers,Meet the mathematical relationship between the Numbers.Set in when the problem solving,Lao zhou research out of the sphere booth PingCheng triangle method,"This is in fact a three-dimensional peace the transformation."

　　老周甚至还在这个小球中看到中国传统的“天人合一”思想：“做题目的时候你会发现，需要用到天人合一，阴阳调和的思想。比如说，六边形就是天，五边形就是人，在解题的时候，就是利用它们之间的关系。”

Lao zhou even in this ball saw the traditional Chinese"Nature and humanity"thought:"Do topics you will find,Need to use nature and humanity,The idea of harmony between Yin and Yang.For example,Hexagon is day,Pentagon is,When in problem solving,Is to use the relations between them."

希望孙子得诺贝尔奖 Hope to have the son of the Nobel Prize

　　老周的孙子今年10岁，还在小学读书。在老周看来，喜欢数学的孙子继承了他的理科头脑，孙子也是他每件数学玩具的第一个试玩者，“我要培养他得诺贝尔奖的！”老周豪言。

The son of Lao zhou 10 years old this year,Also in primary school.In the Lao zhou seems,Like math grandson inherited his science mind,His grandson is each mathematical toy first try person,"I'd like to develop his Nobel Prize!"Lao zhou ambitious.

　　事实上，老周钻研数学玩具，很大程度上也是希望孩子们获得在玩中学习数学知识的渠道。在一篇文章中，老周写道：“我们要培养的是真正能解决问题的人，而不是脑子装满死知识的书呆子。所以，我们要另辟蹊径，以玩具的形式，启发与培训青少年的智慧升华，让孩子们开开心心地玩，开开心心地学，让全国的青少年聪明起来。”

In fact,Lao zhou study mathematics toys,But it is also very much hope that the children get to play in learning mathematics knowledge channel.In a paper,Lao zhou wrote:"We must cultivate the true can solve problems,Brain death rather than full knowledge of the bookworm.so,We want to another,In the case of the toy form,Inspiration and training youth wisdom sublimation,Let the children have fun,Happily learn,Let the national youth wiser."