Polyhedra Primer by Peter Jon Pearce
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Author Peter Pearce is an American product designer, author, and inventor. He was an assistant to Buckminster Fuller and like his mentor, Pearce advocates for inspiration from basic 2- and 3-dimensional polytopes. This primer is a basic catalog of images and descriptions with only rudimentary mathematics such as a statement of Euler’s formula relating the number of vertices, edges and faces of a convex polyhedron. First published in 1978, this is a visual gallery of inspiration for designers, architects, artists, and other creators...
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