Allan McRobie

The Seduction of Curves

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• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 217mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9780691175331
• ISBN-10: 0691175330
• Artikelnr.: 47739892

Autorenporträt

Allan McRobie is a Reader in the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge, where he teaches stability theory and structural engineering. He previously worked as an engineer in Australia, designing bridges and towers.

Rezensionen

"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