Tilings and Patterns_ an Introduction

Grunbaum, Branko; Shephard, G.C.

ISBN 10: 0716719983 / ISBN 13: 9780716719984

Verlag: W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1989

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Titel: Tilings and Patterns_ an Introduction

Verlag: W.H. Freeman and Company, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1989

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Very good

Auflage: Paperback Octavo.

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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.