{"product_id":"geometric-design-an-artful-portfolio-of-mathematical-graphics-9780692262344","title":"Geometric Design: An Artful Portfolio of Mathematical Graphics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher Alan Arthur\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Christopher A. Arthur\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Christopher A. Arthur\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Geometry - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAristotle would have said that a geometer considers the shapes of things in the natural world, not insofar as shapes are physical, but rather by abstracting the qualities of figure from the things themselves. In a philosophical sense this book by Mr. Arthur is thus one about geometry. The original illustrations go artistically beyond what a reader might expect to find in a textbook, and yet there is still a useful discussion revealing the important secrets of the creative process from a mathematical perspective. As an exploration of symmetry and smoothness, the work exhibits the precision of a draftsman unfettered by the practical constraints of real construction and engineering. Mr. Arthur develops a style of a visual art that is less dependent on the physical coordination of drawing with a pencil or a digital stylus and an art that is more of a purely intellectual nature. Clearly for the mathematical reader at a level of study somewhat exceeding vector calculus, the book presents new possibilities of exotic shapes (by their torsion or concavity) still having desirable qualities such as differentiability, self-similarity or compactness. Included in this book are many full-color pictures of tessellations, polyhedrons, unusual curves and surfaces, and fractals, along with their generating equations, coordinates and diagrams. \u003ci\u003e(Note: the present edition does not publish the source code.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christopher A. Arthur","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45497924288663,"sku":"9780692262344","price":1494.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780692262344.webp?v=1767155170","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/geometric-design-an-artful-portfolio-of-mathematical-graphics-9780692262344","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}