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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. |
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"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
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.