Title Manifold mirrors : the crossing paths of the arts and mathematics / Felipe Cucker, City University of Hong Kong.

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Space and geometry -- Motions on the plane -- The many symmetries of planar objects -- The many objects with planar symmetries -- Reflections on the mirror -- A raw material -- Stretching the plane -- Aural wallpaper -- The dawn of perspective -- A repertoire of drawing systems -- The vicissitudes of perspective -- The vicissitudes of geometry -- Symmetries in non-Euclidean geometries -- The shape of the universe -- Appendix: Rule-driven creation.
Summary	This fascinating book will interest anyone wanting to learn more about the relationship between mathematics and the arts.
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Subject	Arts -- Mathematics.
	Arts -- Mathematics.
	Arts.
Genre/Form	Electronic book.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Cucker, Felipe, 1958- Manifold mirrors. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9780521429634 (DLC) 2012046405 (OCoLC)820779548
ISBN	9781107341128 (electronic book)
	1107341124 (electronic book)
	9781139014632 (electronic book)
	1139014633 (electronic book)
	9781107344877
	1107344875
	9780521429634
	0521429633
	9780521728768
	0521728762