Spherical Models [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Wenninger, Magnus J.

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ISBN 10: 048640921X ISBN 13: 9780486409214

Casa editrice: Dover Publications, 2012

Riassunto

Well-illustrated, practical approach to creating star-faced spherical forms that can serve as basic structures for geodesic domes. Complete instructions for making models from circular bands of paper with just a ruler and compass. Discusses tessellation, or tiling, and how to make spherical models of the semiregular solids and concludes with a discussion of the relationship of polyhedra to geodesic domes and directions for building models of domes. "Very pleasant reading". - Science.

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Contenuti

Foreword by Arthur L. Loeb Preface Introduction: Basic properties of the sphere I. The regular spherical models The spherical hexahedron or cube General instructions for making models The spherical octahedron The spherical tetrahedron The spherical icosahedron and dodecahedron The polyhedral kaleidoscope Summary II. The semiregular spherical models The spherical cuboctahedron The spherical icosidodecahedron Spherical triangles as characteristic triangles The five truncated regular spherical models The rhombic spherical models The rhombitruncated spherical models The snub forms as a spherical models The spherical duals Summary III. Variations Regular and semiregular variations Star-faced spherical models IV. Geodesic domes The simplest geodesic domes Geodesic domes derived from the icosahedron General instructions for making geodesic models An alternative method of approaching geodesic segmentation Introduction to geodesic symbolism and classification Geodesic models derived from the dodecahedron An alternative for geodesic segmentation of the dodecahedron A second alternative for geodesic segmentation of the icosahedron An alternative for geodesic segmentation of the snub dodecahedron A third alternative for geodesic segmentation of the icosahedron Final comments V. Miscellaneous models "Honeycomb models, edge models, and nolids" An introduction to the notion of polyhedral density Edge models of stellated forms Some final comments about geodesic domes Epilogue Appendix References List of models

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Dover Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 048640921X
• ISBN 13: 9780486409214
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 180
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italia