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The Nexus Network Journal: Architecture and
Mathematics volume 4 number 2 (Summer-Autumn
2004) contains articles on architecture and mathematics
that, like the Nexus conferences and the Nexus
series of books, are interdisciplinary and multicultural.
This volume of the NNJ includes the transcript
of the Round Table Discussion that took
place at the Nexus 2002 conference in Portugal.
It also includes Research Articles, The
Geometer's Angle by Mark A. Reynolds, Didactics,
Book Reviews and Conference Reports,
and The Virtual Library.
CONTENTS
Kim Williams. Letter From The Editor
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Martin Davis and Matt Insall. Mathematics
and Design: Yes, But Will it Fly?
Harrison Eiteljorg, II. How Should We
Measure an Ancient Structure?
Marco Frascari. Light, Six-Sided, Paradoxical
Fight
Elena Marchetti and Luisa Rossi Costa. The
Fire Tower
Vesna Petresin and Laurent-Paul Robert. The
Double Möbius Strip Studies
Marie-Thérèse Zenner. Villard de Honnecourt
and Euclidean Geometry
NEXUS 2002 ROUND TABLE
DISCUSSION
Judith F. Moran, Moderator. Mathematics
and Architecture Education
DIDACTICS
George W. Hart. In the Palm of Leonardo's
Hand: Modeling Polyhedra
Michael Serra. Ertha Diggs and the Ancient
Stone Arch Mystery
THE GEOMETER'S ANGLE
Mark A. Reynolds. On the Triple Square
and the Diagonal of the Golden Section
Mark A. Reynolds. Four Approximations
for Finding the Golden Section of a Circle's Circumference
from the Square Root Two Rectangle
BOOK AND ARTICLE REVIEWS
Michael Chapman. Architecture and Science
by Giuseppa di Christina
Slavik Jablan. Connections: The Geometric
Bridge between Art and Science by Jay Kappraff
Michael J. Ostwald. The Monumental Impulse:
Architecture's Biological Roots by George Hersey
David Vila Domini. Vermeer's Camera:
The Truth Behind the Masterpieces by Philip
Steadman and Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering
the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters by
David Hockney
CONFERENCE REPORTS
Kim Williams. Nexus 2002
João Pedro Xavier. Post-Nexus 2002 Workshop
Tour
THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY
An annotated bibliography
of books related to architecture and mathematics
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