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The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories
Øyvind Hammer
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Description for The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories
Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 115 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PDX; PDZM; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 573.
This book uses the spiral shape as a key to a multitude of strange and seemingly disparate stories about art, nature, science, mathematics, and the human endeavour. In a way, the book is itself organized as a spiral, with almost disconnected chapters circling around and closing in on the common theme. A particular strength of the book is its extremely cross-disciplinary nature - everything is fun, and everything is connected! At the same time, the author puts great emphasis on mathematical and scientific correctness, in contrast, perhaps, with some earlier books on spirals. Subjects include the mathematical properties of spirals, ... Read more
This book uses the spiral shape as a key to a multitude of strange and seemingly disparate stories about art, nature, science, mathematics, and the human endeavour. In a way, the book is itself organized as a spiral, with almost disconnected chapters circling around and closing in on the common theme. A particular strength of the book is its extremely cross-disciplinary nature - everything is fun, and everything is connected! At the same time, the author puts great emphasis on mathematical and scientific correctness, in contrast, perhaps, with some earlier books on spirals. Subjects include the mathematical properties of spirals, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9783319473727
SKU
V9783319473727
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Øyvind Hammer
Øyvind Hammer has an MSc in mathematical modeling and a PhD in palaeontology, and is currently Associate Professor in palaeontology at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. He has published a large number of scientific papers and two books on a wide range of subjects, including palaeontology, geology, zoology, botany, physics, and statistics, but his main focus is currently ... Read more
Reviews for The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories
“He has produced a curious book that is full of short segments on spirals, their mathematics and their occurrence in both the natural and man-made worlds. … it really does deserve to be published by Springer. It is a worthy addition … . The mathematically-oriented reader will likely be fascinated by this charming book.” (Jeff Ibbotson, MAA Reviews, October, 2017) ... Read more