Glaeser G. Experiencing Geometry, Physics, and Biology 2024

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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.
Kinematics: Motions in Nature and Technology
Gearwheels: Precise and Robust
Patterns and Fractals: Simulation of Nature
Strange Angles: Spirals?
Projections: Necessary and Practical
Polyhedra: Building Blocks!
Simple-Curved: Developable!
Double-Curved: The Norm
Minimal Surfaces: Elegant and Practical
Wave Models: Strange Phenomena
Photography: Surprises?
Air and Water: Fluids!
Distributions: Attraction and Repulsion
Our Solar System: Free Play of Forces
Illusions: Fake or Real?
Simulations: Close to Reality?