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Author:
Hahn, Alexander, 1943-
Title:
Mathematical excursions to the world's great buildings / Alexander J. Hahn.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
ix, 317 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Architecture--Mathematics.
Architectural design.
Architecture--Data processing.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-310) and index.
Contents:
Humanity awakening: sensing form and creating structures -- Greek geometry and Roman engineering -- Architecture inspired by faith -- Transmission of mathematics and transition in architecture -- The Renaissance: architecture and the human spirit -- A new architecture: materials, structural analysis, computers, and design -- Basic calculus and its application to the analysis of structures.
ISBN:
0691145202 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691145204 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2011028356
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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