The Seduction of Curves

The Seduction of Curves
Author: Allan McRobie
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0691175330

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In this large-format book, lavishly illustrated in color throughout, Allan McRobie takes the reader on an alluring exploration of the beautiful curves that shape our world--from our bodies to Salvador Dalí's paintings and the space-time fabric of the universe itself. The book focuses on seven curves--the fold, cusp, swallowtail, and butterfly, plus the hyperbolic, elliptical, and parabolic "umbilics"--and describes the surprising origins of their taxonomy in the catastrophe theory of mathematician René Thom.


The Seduction of Curves
Language: en
Pages: 168
Authors: Allan McRobie
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-19 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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In this large-format book, lavishly illustrated in color throughout, Allan McRobie takes the reader on an alluring exploration of the beautiful curves that shap
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Language: en
Pages: 280
Authors: Julian Havil
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-02 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Language: en
Pages: 379
Authors: Lorie O'Clare
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11 - Publisher: Aphrodisia

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Pages: 417
Authors: Amanda Quick
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