Discover geometric shapes and their 3-dimentional properties and relationships.
The three most basic shapes -- squares, triangles and circles -- are all around us, from the natural world to the one we've engineered. Shapes in Math, Science and Nature introduces young readers to the basics of geometry and reveals its applications at home, school and everywhe…
The three books in the popular Shapes in Math, Science and Nature series, Squares, Triangles and Circles, provides engaging, well-written, interactive content that helps make geometry and measurement concepts graspable and even enjoyable, while also offering opportunities for le…
The three books in the popular Shapes in Math, Science and Nature series, Squares, Triangles and Circles, provides engaging, well-written, interactive content that helps make geometry and measurement concepts graspable and even enjoyable, while also offering opportunities for le…
Molecules, galaxies, art galleries, sculptures, viruses, crystals, architecture, and more: Shaping Space--Exploring Polyhedra in Nature, Art, and the Geometrical Imagination is an exuberant survey of polyhedra and at the same time a hands-on, mind-boggling introduction to one of…
"Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architectu…
Forewords : On architects and engineers / Jörg Schlaich -- Sharing the same spirit / Shigeru Ban -- Part I. Shells for architecture : Exploring shell forms / John Ochsendorf and Philippe Block -- Shaping forces / Laurent Ney and Sigrid Adriaenssens -- What is a shell? / Chris Wi…
Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architectur…
"Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architectu…
Presenting the latest research from the growing field of mathematical shape analysis, this volume is comprised of the collaborations of participants of the Women in Shape Modeling (WiSh) workshop, held at UCLA's Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in July 2013. Topics inc…