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Kim Williams (Ed.) - Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future: Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s - 9783319001364 - V9783319001364
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Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future: Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s

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Description for Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future: Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s Hardback. Editor(s): Ostwald, Michael J.; Williams, Kim. Num Pages: 735 pages, 350 black & white illustrations, 58 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AMX; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1186.

Every age and every culture has relied on the incorporation of mathematics in their works of architecture to imbue the built environment with meaning and order. Mathematics is also central to the production of architecture, to its methods of measurement, fabrication and analysis. This two-volume edited collection presents a detailed portrait of the ways in which two seemingly different disciplines are interconnected. Over almost 100 chapters it illustrates and examines the relationship between architecture and mathematics. Contributors of these chapters come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds: architects, mathematicians, historians, theoreticians, scientists and educators. Through this work, architecture ... Read more

Volume I covers architecture from antiquity through Egyptian, Mayan, Greek, Roman, Medieval, Inkan, Gothic and early Renaissance eras and styles. The themes that are covered range from symbolism and proportion to measurement and structural stability. From Europe to Africa, Asia and South America, the chapters span different countries, cultures and practices. Show Less

Product Details

Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
735
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1185g
Number of Pages
735
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319001364
SKU
V9783319001364
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

Reviews for Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future: Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s
“It presents several alternative historical and theoretical contexts of the relationship between architecture and mathematics which has been pushed to the foreground during the past decades with the increasing use of computer-aided design in their profession … . Historians of mathematics, too, will no doubt find useful material here for their research, especially if they are interested in the more ... Read more

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