Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s /

The aim of this collection of essays is to present a broad portrait of the ways in which two seemingly different disciplines are interconnected. The diversity and varied texture of the essays richly illustrates the affinity between architecture and mathematics. As the almost 100 papers presented in...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Williams, Kim. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ostwald, Michael J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00137-1
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Part II: From 2000 BC to 300AD
  • Part III: Theories of Measurement and Structure
  • Part IV: From 1100 AD to 1400 AD
  • Part V: Theories of Proportion, Symmetry, Periodicity
  • Part VI: From 1500 AD to 1600 AD
  • Index
  • Acknowledgements.