The extraordinary range of cultural interests of renowned physicist David Speiser including the sciences, art, architecture, music, and history of science has inspired generations of later scientists to look beyond the boundaries of their own disciplines. In this book, seventeen scholars from various fields pay tribute to his multifaceted career, addressing topics as varied as music theory and the nuclear arms race.
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The extraordinary range of cultural interests of renowned physicist David Speiser including the sciences, art, architecture, music, and history of ...
Kim Williams invited me to publish a selection of conferences which I had presented at various occasions during my stay at the UCL and elsewhere. She selected some papers which refer to topics on the history of science, especially on the history of mechanics. My occupation with the history of science began through the mathematician Andreas Speiser, my uncle, at the time the General Editor of the Opera Omnia of Leonhard Euler, who invited me to edit volume III, 5 of the Opera, containing Euler s work on physical optics. I accepted this offer with great pride and indeed, the task gave me much...
Kim Williams invited me to publish a selection of conferences which I had presented at various occasions during my stay at the UCL and elsewhere. She ...
Leonardo da Vinci was well aware of the fundamental importance of mathematics for architecture. This book examines Leonardo s knowledge of theoretical mathematics, explores how he used concepts of geometry in his designs for architectural projects, and reports on a real-life construction project using Leonardo s principles. Authors include Sylvie Duvernoy, Kim Williams, Rinus Roelofs, Biagio Di Carlo, Mark Reynolds, Joao Pedro Xavier, Vesna Petresin, Christopher Glass, and Jane Burry.
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Leonardo da Vinci was well aware of the fundamental importance of mathematics for architecture. This book examines Leonardo s knowledge of theoreti...
This volume features a collection of papers dedicated to "Canons of Form-Making," in honor of the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio. The volume includes new research by renowned scholars such as Lionel March and Carl Bovill.
This volume features a collection of papers dedicated to "Canons of Form-Making," in honor of the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andre...
This issue is dedicated to Mechanics in Architecture. It explores the latest findings in the science of structural mechanics, including the behavior of structures, internal forces, and deformation. It also explores the development of new structural systems designed to resist thrusts resulting from new architectural forms. Some of the papers published in this issue were presented at the Nexus 2006 during a special session dedicated to mechanics.
This issue is dedicated to Mechanics in Architecture. It explores the latest findings in the science of structural mechanics, including the behavio...
This issue explores the architect and mathematician Guarino Guarini through the research and perspectives of international scholars. Topics like Baroque architecture and the history of structural mechanics are discussed with an interdisciplinary approach.
This issue explores the architect and mathematician Guarino Guarini through the research and perspectives of international scholars. Topics like Ba...
Leon Battista Alberti was an outstanding polymath of the fifteenth century, alongside Piero della Francesca and before Leonardo da Vinci. While his contributions to architecture and the visual arts are well known and available in good English editions, and much of his literary and social writings are also available in English, his mathematical works are not well represented in readily available, accessible English editions have remained accessible only to specialists. The four treatises included here - Ludi matematici, De Componendis Cifris, Elementi di pittura and De lunularum quadratura...
Leon Battista Alberti was an outstanding polymath of the fifteenth century, alongside Piero della Francesca and before Leonardo da Vinci. While his...
From ancient to modern, architects have looked for fundamental underlying principles of geometry and proportion on which to found their designs. Such principles not only provide an order for the formal elements, they ground the architecture in timeless values and provide an order for the formal elements, they ground the architecture in timeless values and provide a source of cultural meaning. This book illustrates the use of fundamental principles of geometry and proportion in two ancient cultures, the Bronze Age and the Roman Age, as well as in twentieth-century North America.
From ancient to modern, architects have looked for fundamental underlying principles of geometry and proportion on which to found their designs. Su...
