The Seduction of Curves: The Lines of Beauty That Connect Mathematics, Art, and the Nude

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Allan McRobie Helena Weightman

The Seduction of Curves

The Lines of Beauty That Connect Mathematics, Art, and the Nude

Allan McRobie, Helena Weightman

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Princeton University Pres
27 November 2017

The Arts: General & Reference; Mathematics & Sciences; Geometry; Topology; Engineering: general

A lavishly illustrated book that explores the language of curves that spans the human body, science, engineering, and artCurves are seductive. These smooth, organic lines and surfaces-like those of the human body-appeal to us in an instinctive, visceral way that straight lines or the perfect shapes of classical geometry never could. In this large-f

By: Allan McRobie
Photographs by: Helena Weightman
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm,
Weight: 822g
ISBN: 9780691175331
ISBN 10: 0691175330
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 27 November 2017
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 The Alphabet of Beautiful Curves 12 The Fold 53 The Cusp 144 The Swallowtail 225 The Butterfly 316 The Wigwam 357 Lips, Beaks, Gull, Goose 378 The Persistence of Cusps 439 Moire and Dupin 4710 The Umbilics 6111 Catastrophe Optics 6712 The Rainbow 7313 Gravitational Lenses 7714 Stability 8515 Morphogenesis 8816 Gabo 9417 The Pregnance of Curves 11718 Thom 12519 Dali 135Notes 147Bibliography 151Image Credits 153Index 157

Allan McRobie is a Reader in the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge, where he teaches stability theory and structural engineering. He previously worked as an engineer in Australia, designing bridges and towers.

Reviews for The Seduction of Curves: The Lines of Beauty That Connect Mathematics, Art, and the Nude

Marvelous. --Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical Society Stunning. . . . The balance is such that it should appeal both to art lovers and those with a real interest in the mathematical basis. --Brian Clegg, Popular Science To illustrate this little-known branch of mathematics, [Allan McRobie] draws on the art of David Hockney, Henry Moore and Salvador Dali, as well as Helena Weightman's superb photographs of mountains, mushrooms, reflections on water and naked bodies. --Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education I have never encountered anything quite like [The Seduction of Curves], which I view as genuinely sui generis. . . . The (excellent) prose descriptions are accompanied by lots of illustrations, both photographs and drawings, quite a few of which are in color. . . . An unusual and eclectic book, and one that taught me a lot of things that I did not know before. --Mark Hunacek, MAA Reviews