Geometry and its applications in arts, nature and technology
By: Georg Glaeser ; translation: Peter Calvache, George Campbell
Series: Edition Angewandte; Edition Die Angewandte, University Press
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Wien; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9783709114506; 9783990435281
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Geometry
Work titles: Geometrie und ihre Anwendungen in Kunst, Natur und Technik
Notes: "Translation from the German edition (with 60 additional pages)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-500) and index.
Table of contents: title: An idealized world made of simple elements; title: Projections and shadows : reduction of the dimension; title: Polyhedra : multiple faced and multi-sided; title: Curved but simple; title: More about conic sections and developable surfaces; title: Prototypes; title: Further remarkable classes of surfaces; title: The endless variety of curved surfaces; title: Photographic image and individual perception; title: Kinematics : geometry in motion; title: Spatial motions; title: The multitude of filling patterns; title: The nature of geometry and the geometry of nature.