9780442264963 - Polyhedra Primer von Pearce, Peter; Pearce, Susan C. (4 Ergebnisse)

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paperback. Zustand: Good. Moderate wear and curling to covers, binding sound, several page corners are lightly creased, pages lightly age-toned. Here is a lucid, thoughtful guide to understanding the structure and organization of three-dimensional space. In 250 captioned drawings this book brilliantly communicates the beauty and geometry of polyhedra. Beginning with polygons and tessellations, it proceeds in a logical sequence to finite polyhedra, dual polyhedra, space filling, and open packings. Important considerations of symmetry, periodic and uniform patterns, and regular and semi-regular forms are presented. Because the understanding of polyhedra is enhanced by the manipulation of models, a chapter on both two- and three-dimensional constructions is included. This uniquely valuable reference work will be welcomed by designers, architects, mathematicians, and scientists who are interested in a graphic, yet rigorous, presentation of form and spatial options. This little book will be a delightful addition to the libraries of those readers who are entranced by the intriguing subject of polyhedra. PETER PEARCE is President and Director of Research and Development of Synestructics, Inc., a manufacturing firm he co-founded in 1969. The company's products include geometric toys and kites, playground structures, and building systems?all based on Pearce's concepts and designs. Pearce received a B.S. in Product Design from IIT's Institute of Design, in 1958, after which he worked as a staff designer in the office of Charles Eames. He has taught at California State University at Northridge, was Visiting Critic in the Department of Architecture at the University of Southern California, and was Associate Dean of the School of Design at the California Institute of the Arts. Pearce has written Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design (MIT Press, 1978), which is based on his research into fundamental structure and morphology. He has lectured extensively in the United States and England, and his work has appeared in numerous international publications.

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