A mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth. Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio
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Type
Bog
Format
illustreret
Sprog
engelsk
Emneord
Emnetal
51.5
Beskrivelse
Indhold: Size as the measure of all things ; Perceptions, illusions, measurements ; Proportions, symmetry, and asymmetry ; Size designs: the good, the bad, the outrageous ; Size and scaling ; Metabolic scaling ; Symmetries around means ; When asymmetries rule ; Summations for the electronic age
ISBN
9780241506998
Omfang
ix, 292 sider
Forlag
Viking
Målgruppe
alment niveauvoksenmaterialer