It reminds me of an ashtray design which is famous in Sweden, by Stig Lindberg: https://balstaauktionshall.nu/images/custom/ProductTemplate/...

I remember tracing the lines with my finger as a kid, trying to decipher a hidden logic...

Algorithms are named after al-Khwarizmi, and "algebra" comes from the Arabic name of his book, but logarithm was coined from Greek.

that is beautiful! thanks for pointing it out! is it readable for people who can read Arabic?

It still takes a few seconds to identify the word since this is not how Arabic is usually written but yes the word "Al-Khawarizmi" is legible.

In fact, the logo contains text both in black and navy blue, the navy blue part is "Al-Khawarizmi" or in Arabic "الخوارزمي". Then the navy blue script is rotated at 90 degrees 3 additional times.

no, it's very readable because it's a well known calligraphy called kufi as others have pointed out.

Yes, it is readable, it's called kuffi,

See http://www.kufic.info

thank you!

IIRC al-khwarizmi means `from khwarizm` a region near Irak

Logo on the right of what? All I see is a geometric design in the middle of the cover. It doesn't look Arabic and it seems like it would be very cumbersome for someone to sign as a name.

it's a known calligraphy style called kufi, just google it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=arabic+calligraphy+kufi&clie...

Thank you.

The lines in blue in the cover image spell out the word

From another comment: http://www.kufic.info

Thank you.

It's Iranian QR-code.

No, kufi is named after a city in what is now Iraq not Iran.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufa

Yes, but it used to be in Persia.

...after whom...

Al Gore.

Al-Gore-Ithm