Manifold mirrors : the crossing paths of the arts and mathematics
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Space and geometry
- 2. Motions on the plane
- 3. The many symmetries of planar objects
- 4. The many objects with planar symmetries
- 5. Reflections on the mirror
- 6. A raw material
- 7. Stretching the plane
- 8. Aural wallpaper
- 9. The dawn of perspective
- 10. A repertoire of drawing systems
- 11. The vicissitudes of perspective
- 12. The vicissitudes of geometry
- 13. Symmetries in non-Euclidean geometries
- 14. The shape of the universe