Experiencing Geometry, Physics, and Biology

Georg Glaeser; Franz Gruber

Published by De Gruyter 2024

Experiencing Geometry, Physics, and Biology

Georg Glaeser and Franz Gruber

In the series Edition Angewandte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111365787

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About this book

Understanding geometry, physics, and biology

This is a highly informative and richly illustrated nonfiction book that conveys scientific content in a clear and understandable way. Drawing on numerous examples, it explains topics from geometry, physics, and biology and points out commonalities between the disciplines. The book contains approx. 300 links to video animations and is accompanied by a freely accessible interactive software that allows readers to delve even deeper into the content covered in the book.

The content, videos, and software were developed by the Department of Geometry at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Georg Glaeser’s research focuses particularly on interdisciplinary mathematical and biological issues, and he worked for many years with Franz Gruber, who was highly adept at visualizing complex issues.

Includes links to around 300 video animations, accessible via QR codes
Compact, informative, and easy-to-understand explanations of scientific issues in the disciplines of geometry, physics, and biology
With numerous images and illustrations

Author / Editor information

Georg Glaeser, prof. em. of geometry, Univ. of Appl. Arts Vienna

Franz Gruber, was mathematician, physicist; Univ. of Appl. Arts Vienna

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	8
Kinematics: Motions in Nature and Technology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Gearwheels: Precise and Robust Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Patterns and Fractals: Simulation of Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Strange Angles: Spirals? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Projections: Necessary and Practical Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Polyhedra: Building Blocks! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Simple-Curved: Developable! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Double-Curved: The Norm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Minimal Surfaces: Elegant and Practical Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Wave Models: Strange Phenomena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Photography: Surprises? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Air and Water: Fluids! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Distributions: Attraction and Repulsion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Our Solar System: Free Play of Forces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Illusions: Fake or Real? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Simulations: Close to Reality? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
Acknowledgements and Homepage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Readers interested in geometry, physics, and biology
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
- Coloured Illustrations: 825
Keywords: Geometry; physics; biology; nonfiction book

eBook

Published: November 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783111365787

Paperback

Published: November 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783111365237