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Projective Geometry: Creative Polarities in Space and Time
Olive Whicher
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Description for Projective Geometry: Creative Polarities in Space and Time
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HRQC5; PBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 247 x 20. Weight in Grams: 712.
Olive Whicher's groundbreaking book presents an accessible - non-mathematician's - approach to projective geometry. Profusely illustrated, and written with fire and intuitive genius, this work will be of interest to anyone wishing to cultivate the power of inner visualization in a realm of structural beauty. Whicher explores the concepts of polarity and movement in modern projective geometry as a discipline of thought that transcends the limited and rigid space and forms of Euclid, and the corresponding material forces conceived in classical mechanics. Rudolf Steiner underlined the importance of projective geometry as, 'a method of training the imaginative faculties of ... Read more
Olive Whicher's groundbreaking book presents an accessible - non-mathematician's - approach to projective geometry. Profusely illustrated, and written with fire and intuitive genius, this work will be of interest to anyone wishing to cultivate the power of inner visualization in a realm of structural beauty. Whicher explores the concepts of polarity and movement in modern projective geometry as a discipline of thought that transcends the limited and rigid space and forms of Euclid, and the corresponding material forces conceived in classical mechanics. Rudolf Steiner underlined the importance of projective geometry as, 'a method of training the imaginative faculties of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
East Sussex, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781855843790
SKU
V9781855843790
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Ref
99-4
About Olive Whicher
OLIVE MARY WHICHER (1910-2006) was born in Winchester, England, and became fluent in French and German. In 1935 she joined the Anthroposophical Society in London, where she soon met George Adams and worked as his research assistant in the fields of science, mathematics and physics. She authored several books, including The Plant Between Sun and Earth, Sunspace and The Heart ... Read more
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