Beautiful Geometry

If you ve ever thought that mathematics and art don t mix, this stunning visual history of geometry will change your mind As much a work of art as a book about mathematics, Beautiful Geometry presents than sixty exquisite color plates illustrating a wide range of geometric patterns and theorems, accompanied by brief accounts of the fascinating history and people behind each With artwork by Swiss artist Eugen Jost and text by acclaimed math historian Eli Maor, this unique celebration of geometry covers numerous subjects, from straightedge and compass constructions to intriguing configurations involving infinity The result is a delightful and informative illustrated tour through the 2,500 year old history of one of the most important and beautiful branches of mathematics. New Read Beautiful Geometry [ By ] Eli Maor [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr On the whole, art science collaborations make me feel faintly queasy From the science side there seems to be a puppy like desperation to be loved and normal Look, I m not really a nerd, they seem to say, I don t always speak incomprehensibly in technical jargon I can do art Meanwhile, the art side seems to have far too much in common with those pedlars of woo who invest their snake oil with what they think is scientific gravitas by using terms from quantum physics to dress up their bal On the whole, art science collaborations make me feel faintly queasy From the science side there seems to be a puppy like desperation to be loved and normal Look, I m not really a nerd, they seem to say, I don t always speak incomprehensibly in technical jargon I can do art Meanwhile, the art side seems to have far too much in common with those pedlars of woo who invest their snake oil with what they think is scientific gravitas by using terms from quantum physics to dress up their baloney.So, if I m honest, I came to this near coffee table book sized collaboration between a mathematician and an artist with all the enthusiasm of someone on a trip t...It is all beautiful that I ended up making some math cards for people for Christmas and new year Getting a creative edge to the math theorems waslike a fascinating proof to admire.Geometry remains one of the most intuitively appealing subfields of Mathematics However, as anyone who has studied geometry at any length will attest, the visual beauty of geometry oftentimes belies its underlying intellectual complexity Like in many other parts of Mathematics, sometimes it s the things that are easy to visualize and state, which can be fiendishly hard to understand and prove In Beautiful Geometry Eli Maor and Eugen Jost aim to give the reader a sampler of some of the most Geometry remains one of the most intuitively appealing subfields of Mathematics However, as anyone who has studied geometry at any length will attest, the visual beauty of geometry oftentimes belies its underlying intellectual complexity Like in many other parts of Mathematics, sometimes it s the things that are easy to visualize and state, which can be fiendishly hard to understand and prove In Beautiful Geometry Eli Maor and Eugen Jost aim to give the reader a sampler of some of the most interesting problems and ideas from the almost three thousand years long history of Geometry The book is designed to inform and educate the reader, and even though it s not written as a traditional math textbook, it does require an active engagement on the part of the reader There are many proofs and other fairly rigorous demonstrations, which, although not terribly long nor complex, do require that the reader is...516 M2969 2014Pretty good book Contains proofs of some theorems and shows wonderfully illustrated images that demonstrate these ideas.Pretty book, but the math is, boring They could have written it for ageneral audience to engage me As it is, I slammed the pictures, read most of the early copy, but scanned the rest.More math and trig than I expected I did find it though a very interesting read.Recensione su atfun maths

• English
• 22 January 2017
Eli Maor
• Hardcover
• 187 pages
• 0691150990
• Eli Maor
• Beautiful Geometry