Nature and Numbers: A Mathematical Photo Shooting (Edition Angewandte) - Hardcover

Glaeser, Georg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3990436155 ISBN 13: 9783990436158

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2013

Synopsis

Mathematicians with special interest in biology, physics, geography, astronomy, architecture, design, etc., and being prepared to take pictures at any time, might try to answer unusual questions like the followings: What do a zebra, a tiger shark, and a hard coral have in common? How is this with drying mud, wings of dragon flies, and the structures of leaves? What is the “snail king” and is there also a “worm king”? Which curves stay of the same type after being photographed? Do fishes see like we do if we look through a fisheye lens? Which geometric properties of an object have physical consequences? Which kinds of geometric patterns appear when waves are interfering? In this book you can find 180 double pages with at least as many questions of this kind. The principle to attack a problem is often similar: It starts with a photo that is for some reasons remarkable. In a short description an explanation is offered, including relevant Internet links. Additionally one can frequently find computer simulations in order to illustrate and confirm.

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About the Authors

Georg Glaeser, seit 1998 Professur an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien.

Georg Glaeser, since 1998 full professorship at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3990436155
• ISBN 13: 9783990436158
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360