Reviews
"Aristotle contended that 'the mathematical sciences particularly
exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest
forms of the beautiful.' Physicist Michael Trott proves the philosopher's
theory using Mathematica, Wolfram Research's lauded technical
software. His dizzying images are collected in Graphica
1"
--WIRED
"The books
are an excellent reference work for designers, artists, and architects--as
well as people working in computer graphics, scientific visualization,
and web page design."
--R&D Magazine
"In the hands
of artists...Mathematica has become a springboard to a new
world of illustrative power."
--Communication Arts
"The art
of Graphica will sometimes look like the creations of a human
artist and sometimes like a familiar system in nature....So, as with
all mathematical art, what is presented here is a combination of the
fundamental beauty of mathematical principles and the imagination
of the artists."
--Computer Shopper UK
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In this volume, mathematician and artist Michael Trott uses the technical computing system
Mathematica to create dazzling, intricate images of objects no human has ever seen. Some images are playful
geometric explorations; others are directly inspired by the work of such artists as Escher and Vassarely; still other
make use of sophisticated mathematical methods borrowed from sciences such as electrodynamics and solid state physics.
All represent a new intersection of two worlds usually separate: mathematics and the visual arts.
Michael Trott studied physics at the Humboldt-University of Berlin and received his Ph.D. in theoretical
solid state physics at the Technical University of Ilmenau. He has been a member of the Kernel Research and Development
team at Wolfram Research, Inc. since 1994. Dr. Trott has created thousands of Mathematica images, including
those
found
in Graphica 1 and The Mathematica Book, as well as many Mathematica-related book covers and
promotional materials. 