The Dutch graphic artist Maurits Corneille Escher was born on June 17, 1898, and died on March 27, 1972. You can find out more about his life here. He did all kinds of really intersting and amazing things, many of which can be seen here. The background image for this page is an example of a tessellation. Escher did a number of tessellations, and a tutorial on tessellations can be seen here.

For those of you who don't realize, we created this web site for use as an educational tool as part of a contest known as ThinkQuest. More can be found out about this contest by clicking on the ThinkQuest button below. I am sorry to say that we did not win the 1997 ThinkQuest contest. I had thought we would re-enter a revamped site in the 1998 competition, but a number of factors have caused this to be impossible. We hope you enjoy the site, and we love to hear your comments.

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