An edition of The seduction of curves
(2017)
The seduction of curves
the lines of beauty that connect mathematics, art, and the nude
by Allan McRobie
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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.
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The seduction of curves: the lines of beauty that connect mathematics, art, and the nude
2017, Princeton University Press
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0691175330 9780691175331
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Table of Contents
1.
The Alphabet of Beautiful Curves -- -- 2.
The Fold -- -- 3.
The Cusp -- -- 4.
The Swallowtail -- -- 5.
The Butterfly -- -- 6.
The Wigwam -- -- 7.
Lips, Beaks, Gull, Goose -- -- 8.
The Persistence of Cusps -- -- 9.
Moiré and Dupin -- -- 10.
The Umbilics -- -- 11.
Catastrophe Optics -- -- 12.
The Rainbow -- -- 13.
Gravitational Lenses -- -- 14.
Stability -- -- 15.
Morphogenesis -- -- 16.
Gabo -- -- 17.
The Pregnance of Curves -- -- 18.
Thom -- -- 19.
Dalí.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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