The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories by Hammer, ﾘyvind

The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319473727)

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The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories by Hammer, ﾘyvind

The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories

$44.99
The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories by Hammer, ﾘyvind

The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories

$44.99
Format: Hardcover
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Spirals of the abyss.- Squaring the circle.- The icon.- The King of Snails.- Spira Mirabilis.- Circular tesselations.- How to brace a circle.- Sunflowers.- The great spiral in the sky.- The spiral of the ancient mariner.- Gnomons, a miracle, and Charles Babbage.- The uncoiling finger.- An interlude at the beach.- Spiral Jetty, Tatlin's Tower.- The Friend.- The labyrinths of history.- Sculptures of the sea Maelstrom.- Nature red in blood and claw.- Pagan coils.- The case of the staircase.- Helix.- The quest for the sublime spiral.- Spirals of the mind.- The spider's spiral spin.- Helical trees.- Literature.

Author: ﾘyvind Hammer
ISBN-10: 3319473727
ISBN-13: 9783319473727
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Language: English
Published: 12/16/2016
Pages: 258
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2017
By ﾘyvind Hammer
By ﾘyvind Hammer
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ﾘyvind Hammer has an MSc in mathematical modeling and a PhD in palaeontology, and is currently Associate Professor in palaeontology at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. He has published a large number of scientific papers and two books on a wide range of subjects, including palaeontology, geology, zoology, botany, physics, and statistics, but his main focus is currently the fossil record of mainland and Arctic Norway. He is one of the most cited Norwegian scientists, not least because of his data analysis software "Past". Hammer is an active teacher and science communicator, with a widely read popular science blog and frequent public lectures and media appearances.

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