Stretch your artistic talents and embrace mathematics' aesthetic and conceptual exquisiteness. In 80 glorious images Alex will teach you how to convey the wonder of mathematics through colour and design. Snowflake, Seashell, Star is an incredible celebration of the overlaps between mathematics and art, learning and play, concentration and calm.
Colouring Adventures in Numberland
Paperback
Publication Date: 24/09/2015
This book offers a joyful contemplation of mathematical patterns has long been part of the human experience, from the philosophers of Ancient Greece to the artists of the Renaissance, via Islamic design and Hindu mandalas. Now, Alex Bellos, the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland, takes you on a calming and colourful journey into the magical world of mathematics. Snowflake, Seashell, Star is full of intricate and divinely beautiful illustrations, using patterns such as loops, waves and spirals, created by Alex Bellos in collaboration with his friend and mathematical artist, Edmund Harriss.
Stretch your artistic talents and embrace mathematics' aesthetic and conceptual exquisiteness. In 80 glorious images Alex will teach you how to convey the wonder of mathematics through colour and design. Snowflake, Seashell, Star is an incredible celebration of the overlaps between mathematics and art, learning and play, concentration and calm.
Stretch your artistic talents and embrace mathematics' aesthetic and conceptual exquisiteness. In 80 glorious images Alex will teach you how to convey the wonder of mathematics through colour and design. Snowflake, Seashell, Star is an incredible celebration of the overlaps between mathematics and art, learning and play, concentration and calm.
- ISBN:
- 9781782117889
- 9781782117889
- Category:
- Handicrafts
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 24-09-2015
- Publisher:
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 120
- Dimensions (mm):
- 223x220x10mm
- Weight:
- 0.37kg
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