Seduction of Curves - The Lines of Beauty That Connect Mathematics, Art, and the Nude

Zusatztext "Remarkable. . . . Successful . . . due to the erudition of the author plus the quality of the production both in the illustrations used and in the general elegance of the book itself. It would grace the grandest of coffee tables and provide the basis for interesting debates." ---Phil Dyke, Leonardo Reviews Informationen zum Autor Allan McRobieWith photography by Helena Weightman Klappentext "This is what a book should be: startling, bold, and beautiful, idiosyncratic and yet universal. Only Allan McRobie could have written it. But all of us can enjoy it. He shows us how to look at ourselves, our bodies, and our world in a new way. After just a few minutes you'll feel like you're seeing everything for the first time. Brilliantly conceived, poetically written, and utterly original, The Seduction of Curves is a sinuous delight." --Steven Strogatz, author of The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity "McRobie, a mathematician with a deep knowledge of the visual arts and the human body's curves, has written a startlingly original book. The Seduction of Curves is a probing exploration of the parallels between nature and the constructed world--and the most striking illustrated mathematics book I've ever seen." --Michael Harris, author of Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation "This is a mathematics book, a science book, and an art book--a seductive and richly illustrated work of cultural synthesis, in which the visible and hidden folds and surfaces of our bodies are described by modern geometry and connected to engineering, optics, and other applications." --Michael Berry, University of Bristol Zusammenfassung A lavishly illustrated book that explores the language of curves that spans the human body, science, engineering, and artCurves are seductive. These smooth, organic lines and surfaces-like those of the human body-appeal to us in an instinctive, visceral way that straight lines or the perfect shapes of classical geometry never could. In this large-f...

Product details

• Authors: Alan McRobie, Allan McRobie
• Assisted by: Helena Weightman (Illustration), Helena Weightman (Photographs)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780691175331
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17533-1
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Geometry; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Popular Culture, The arts: general issues, ART / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General, MATHEMATICS / Topology, ART / Popular Culture, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Dynamics, geometry, History of Art, Topology, Engineering: general, The arts: general topics, Dynamics and statics