Nexus Network Journal. Vol.8,2

Kim Williams

ISBN 10: 3764377615 / ISBN 13: 9783764377618

Published by Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel Dez 2006, 2006

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents an exploration of the arch from the points of view of architecture, mathematics, engineering, construction history, and cultural symbolism. Leonardo da Vinci described the arch as 'two weaknesses which, leaning on each other, become a strength,' a metaphor for the way that science and art lean on each other to strengthen our lives. 117 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nexus Network Journal. Vol.8,2
• Publisher: Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel Dez 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764377615
• ISBN 13: 9783764377618
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 24.4W x 17H x 0D centimeters 24.4 centimeters width by 17 centimeters height by 0 centimeters depth
• Weight: 248 grams

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Synopsis

This book presents an exploration of the arch from the points of view of architecture, mathematics, engineering, construction history, and cultural symbolism. The arch, one of the most beautiful ways that architects invented to go from "here” to "there,” spans greater distances and sustains larger loads than a simple post and beam structure, but because it is also more complex, an Eastern proverb called it "the structure that never sleeps.” Leonardo da Vinci described the arch as "two weaknesses which, leaning on each other, become a strength,” a metaphor for the way that science and art lean on each other to strengthen our lives.