Review: Form of Space: Polygons, Polyhedra and Polytopes

Dans ce livre, on entreprend une aventure graphique dans des mondes fantastiques à deux, trois ou quatre dimensions, en utilisant des polygones (ou 2-polytopes), des polyèdres (ou 3-polytopes) et des polytopes (ou 4-polytopes). Les sujets s’étendent sur plusieurs époques et plusieurs pays, mais une emphase particuliére est mise sur le passé du Japon. Les étoiles en sont Platon et les polygones, Kepler et les polyèdres, et Fuller et les polytopes.

A graphic adventure in two-, three- and four-dimensional fantastic worlds is undertaken in this book, using polygons (or 2-polytopes), polyhedra (or 3-polytopes), and polytopes (or Cpolytopes). The topics extend over many epochs and countries, with particular emphasis on the past in Japan. The stars are Plato and polygons, Kepler and polyhedra, and Fuller and polytopes.

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Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura, Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Topologia, :Arquitectura [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], :Matemàtiques i estadística::Topologia [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]

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