The Pattern Book: Recipes for Beauty: FRACTAL,ART & NATURE - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 981021426X ISBN 13: 9789810214265

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

This book will allow you to travel through time and space. To facilitate your journey, the editor has scoured the four corners of the earth in a quest for unusual people and their fascinating patterns. From Mozambique, to Asia, to many European countries, the contributors to The Pattern Book include world-famous cancer researchers, little-known artists and eclectirc computer programmers. Some of the patterns are ultramodern, while others are centuries old. Many of the patterns are drawn from the universe of mathematics. Computer recipes are scattered throughout.Although the emphasis is on computer-generated patterns, the book is informal and the intended audience spans several fields. The emphasis is on the fun that the true pattern lover finds in doing, rather than in reading about the doing! The book is organized into three main parts: Representing Nature (for those patterns which describe or show real physical phenomena, e.g., visualizations of protein motion, sea lilies, etc.), Mathematics and Symmetry (for those patterns which describe or show mathematical behavior, e.g. fractals), and Human Art (for those patterns which are artistic works of humans and made without the aid of a computer, e.g. Moslem tiling patterns.)

About this title

Product Description

This book serves as an introduction catalogue to some of the many facets of geometrical and other patterns. It is informal, and the intended audience spans several fields. The book might be used by students, graphic artists, illustrators, scientists, artists, laypeople, programmers or anyone fascinated by optically provocative art. "The Pattern Book" combines old and new ideas - with emphasis on the fun that the true pattern lover finds in doing, rather than in reading about the doing! The book is organized into three main parts: Representing Nature (for those patterns which describe or show real physical phenomena, eg. visualizations of protein motion, jellyfish, etc), Mathematics and Symmetry (for those patterns which describe or show mathematical behaviour, eg. fractals), and Human Art (for those patterns which are artistic works of humans and made without the aid of a computer eg. Moslem tiling patterns). A comprehensive glossary is included to help ease readers into technical or unfamiliar waters.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 981021426X
• ISBN 13: 9789810214265
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Pickover Clifford A