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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xviii, 556 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking readers on a tour of the practice of mathematics and the philosophical ideas that drive the discipline, Lynn Gamwell points out the important ways mathematical concepts have been expressed by artists....
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From geometry in motion to the possibilities of pi, this stunning volume reveals how art inspired the beauty and poetry of mathematical principles. The worlds of visual art and mathematics come together in this spectacular volume by award-winning writer Stephen Ornes. He explores the growing sensation of math art, presenting more than 80 pieces, including a crocheted, colorful representation of non-Euclidian geometry that looks like sea coral and...
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