Shaping Space: Exploring Polyhedra in Nature, Art, and the Geometrical Imagination

by Marjorie Senechal

Book Overview

Molecules, galaxies, art galleries, sculptures, viruses, crystals, architecture, and more: Shaping Space--Exploring Polyhedra in Nature, Art, and the Geometrical Imagination is an exuberant survey of polyhedra and at the same time a hands-on, mind-boggling introduction to one of the oldest and most fascinating branches of mathematics.

Some of the world's leading geometers present a treasury of ideas, history, and culture to make...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387927131
• ISBN13: 9780387927138
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.1"