Surfaces: Explorations with Sliceforms

by John Sharp

Overview

The innovative use of sliceforms to explore the properties of surfaces is produced in a systematic way, providing the tools to build surfaces from paper to explore their mathematics. The extensive commentary explains the mathematics behind particular surfaces: an exercise in practical geometry that will stimulate ideas for the student and the enthusiast, as well as having practical applications in engineering and architecture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858532011
Publisher:	Tarquin Group
Publication date:	06/01/2002
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Sharp was a British author and populariser of the Sliceform, in the Tarquin title of the same name. His wide knowledge and practical solutions to problems of shape also lead to the book D-Forms, on developable surfaces, also by Tarquin.

Editorial Reviews

"Beginning and established teachers of mathematics as well as teacher educators will all find this book a rich resource when focusing on the crucial issue of designing and using tasks to provoke real learning in mathematics. It has become a central feature of our course in mathematics." — David Wright, Tutor in mathematics education, University of Newcastle.

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