geometry, computer graphics, and higher dimensions /
First Statement of Responsibility
Thomas F. Banchoff.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Distributed by W.H. Freeman,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c1990.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 210 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. (some col.) ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Scientific American Library series ;
Volume Designation
v. 33
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introducing dimensions -- Scaling and measurement -- Slicing and contours -- Shadows and structures -- Regular polytopes and fold-outs -- Perspective and animation -- Configuration spaces -- Coordinate geometry -- Non-Euclidean geometry and nonorientable surfaces.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Beyond The Third Dimension investigates ways of picturing and understanding dimensions below and above our own. Ranging from Egyptian pyramids to the nineteenth-century satire Flatland to the paintings of Salvador Dali.