Title: Structure : in science and art /
Authors: Pullan, Wendy, 1950-; Bhadeshia, H. K. D. H. 1953-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Structuralism; Science Philosophy; Science; Philosophy; Art
Abstract: This text includes eight chapters, which consider structure as an inclusive, open-ended theme, offering itself to interpretation within many disciplines of the sciences, arts and humanities.
Contents: Introduction : Structuring structure / Wendy Pullan -- The structure of life / Simon Conway Morris -- Models of structure / Alan H. Cottrell and David G. Pettifor -- The body in space : structures in dance / Shobana Jeyasingh -- The structures of landscape / John Dixon Hunt -- Microscopic structure : minerals and gemstones / John Meurig Thomas -- Engineering structures : why do they fail? / John Knott -- The structure of conflict / Mary Kaldor -- The structure of the imagination : darkness visible in the mind's eye / Marina Warner.