期刊全称 | All Sides to an Oval | 期刊简称 | Properties, Paramete | 影响因子2023 | Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Unprecedented and complete cover of the topic of polycentric ovals written in a highly readable style for a broad audience.Presents more than 30 constructions and corresponding links to animation vide | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This is the second edition of the only book dedicated to the Geometry of Polycentric Ovals. It includes problem solving constructions and mathematical formulas. For anyone interested in drawing or recognizing an oval, this book gives all the necessary construction, representation and calculation tools. More than 30 basic construction problems are solved, with references to Geogebra animation videos, plus the solution to the Frame Problem and solutions to the Stadium Problem.. .A chapter (co-written with Margherita Caputo) is dedicated to totally new hypotheses on the project of Borromini’s oval dome of the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome. Another one presents the case study of the Colosseum as an example of ovals with eight centres as well as the case study of Perronet’s Neuilly bridge, a half oval with eleven centres..The primary audience is: architects, graphic designers, industrial designers, architecture historians,civil engineers; moreover, the systematic way in which the book is organised could make it a companion to a textbook on descriptive geometry or on CAD..Added features in the 2nd edition include: the revised hypothesis on Borromini’s project for the | Pindex | Book 2019Latest edition |
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