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A regular 17-gon (heptadecagon) can be constructed with a straight edge and a compass.
Carl Friedrich Gauss proved this in 1796, at the age of 19! I used Geogebra for the construction.
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh
Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem by Simon Singh
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott