"Tilings and Patterns: An Introduction" presents in convenient paperback form the first half of "Tilings and Patterns". Omitting the more specialized material of the earlier volume, this abbreviated edition make's the authors' contributions to tiling theory and its practical applications accessible to a wide audience. "Tilings and Patterns: An Introduction" covers historical background, tilings of regular polygons, topological and symmetry properties of tilings, the theory of patterns, and special cases of pattern motifs, ...
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"Tilings and Patterns: An Introduction" presents in convenient paperback form the first half of "Tilings and Patterns". Omitting the more specialized material of the earlier volume, this abbreviated edition make's the authors' contributions to tiling theory and its practical applications accessible to a wide audience. "Tilings and Patterns: An Introduction" covers historical background, tilings of regular polygons, topological and symmetry properties of tilings, the theory of patterns, and special cases of pattern motifs, among other topics. The authors' presentation is enhanced by hundreds of illustrations that form a visual reference in themselves. This volume is a source of information and examples for designers, artists, architects, engineers, mathematicians, crystallographers, chemists, physicists and others.
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Very good. Ex-library. ix, 446 p. : ill.; 23 cm. LCCN 89030017 Type of material Book Personal name Gru?nbaum, Branko. Main title Tilings and patterns: an introduction / Branko Gru?nbaum, G.C. Shephard. Published/Created New York: W.H. Freeman, c1989. Description ix, 446 p. : ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 0716719983 LC classification QA166.8. G783 1989 Related names Shephard, G. C. (Geoffrey Colin) LC Subjects Tiling (Mathematics) Notes Includes index. Bibliography: p. 401-442. Series A Series of books in the mathematical sciences Dewey class no. 511/.5
Add this copy of Tilings and Patterns: an Introduction to cart. $46.09, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by W H Freeman & Co.
