Persian architecture and mathematics / Reza Sarhangi, editor.
This volulme features eight original papers dedicated to the theme "Persian Architecture and Mathematics", guest edited by Reza Sarhangi. All papers were approved through a rigorous process of blind peer review and edited by an interdisciplinary scientific editorial committee. Topics range...
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| Language: | English |
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Kim Williams Books,
2012.
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| Series: | Nexus network journal ;
v. 14, no. 2, Autumn 2012. |
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Table of Contents:
- Letter from the Editor
- Persian Architecture and Mathematics / Kim Williams
- Letter from the Guest Editor
- Persian Architecture and Mathematics: An Overview / Reza Sarhangi
- Persian Architecture and Mathematics
- Touring Persia with a Guide Named ... Hermann Weyl / Alain Juhel
- A Study of Practical Geometry in Sassanid Stucco Ornament in Ancient Persia / Mahsa Kharazmi, Reza Afhami, Mahmood Tavoosi
- The Decagonal Tomb Tower at Maragha and Its Architectural Context: Lines of Mathematical Thought / Carol Bier
- Significance of Conical and Polyhedral Domes in Persia and Surrounding Areas: Morphology, Typologies and Geometric Characteristics / Maryam Ashkan, Yahaya Ahmad
- Revisiting the Squinch: From Squaring the Circle to Circling the Square / Hooman Koliji
- From Sultaniyeh to Tashkent Scrolls: Euclidean Constructions of Two Nine- and Twelve-Pointed Interlocking Star Polygon Designs / B. Lynn Bodner
- Using Christopher Alexander's Fifteen Properties of Art and Nature to Visually Compare and Contrast the Tessellations of Mirza Akbar / Carl Bovill
- Interlocking Star Polygons in Persian Architecture: The Special Case of the Decagram in Mosaic Designs / Reza Sarhangi
- Other Research
- Research
- A Geometrical Analysis of the Layout of Acaya, Italy / Giampiero Mele
- A Geometrical Analysis of the Mausoleum of Sheikh Zāhed-e Gīlāni / Mojtaba Pour Ahmadi.