Oliver Byrne. The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid

ISBN-13: 9783836577380 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 396 str.

Opis

Nearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th-century mathematician Oliver Byrne employed the color scheme for his 1847 edition of Euclid's mathematical and geometric treatise Elements. Byrne's idea was to use color to make learning easier and "diffuse permanent knowledge." The result has been described as one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century. The facsimile of Byrne's vivid publication is now available in a beautiful XL edition. A masterwork of art and science, it is as beautiful in the boldness of its red, yellow, and blue figures and diagrams as it is in the mathematical precision of its theories. In the simplicity of forms and colors, the pages anticipate the vigor of De Stijl and Bauhaus design. In making complex information at once accessible and aesthetically engaging, this work is a forerunner to the information graphics that today define much of our data consumption.

Recenzje

"Jeder Grafiker, Bücherfreund und Mathe-Nerd wird von Ehrfurcht ergriffen sein." The New York Times

O autorze

Werner Oechslin studierte Kunstgeschichte, Archäologie, Philosophie und Mathematik, promovierte 1970 in Zürich und begann seine Lehrtätigkeit am MIT 1975. Bis zu seiner Habilitation 1980 unterrichtete er in Berlin, Genf und an der Harvard University. Von 1980-1984 lehrte er in Bonn und ist seit 1985 Professor an der ETH Zürich, wo er von 1986-2006 das Institut gta leitete. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt bildet die Architekturtheorie und Kulturgeschichte der Architektur. Zuletzt erschien von ihm der Band Palladianismus. Andrea Palladio - Werk und Wirkung, Zürich 2008. Er ist Gründer der Bibliothek Werner Oechslin in Einsiedeln.