The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories

By Øyvind Hammer

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319837230
• ISBN13: 9783319837239
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Copernicus Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"