Optical illusions in Rome: a mathematical travel guide
Series: AMS/MAA spectrum; Vol. 99Publication details: Mathematical Association of America Press, 2019. Providence, Rhode Islands:Description: ix, 80p.: pbk. ; 23cmISBN:- 9781470452674
- 701 AND
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IIT Gandhinagar | General | 701 AND (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 031485 |
Includes notes, bibliography and sources of illustrations.
Kirsti Andersen's Optical Illusions in Rome: A Mathematical Travel Guide is a book that any mathematician traveling to Rome and everyone leading a mathematical tour abroad that includes Rome will want to have on hand. She describes a number of places in Rome where mathematics has helped create the effects of trompe l'oeil two-dimensionally on walls or ceilings or even in three-dimensional settings. She also describes the mathematics behind Bernini's design of the oval at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City and the mathematics of various anamorphoses. I wish this book had been available at the time of the MAA's Mathematical Study Tour of Italy, where we saw a number of the sites she mentions, but without the benefit of this resource.
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