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David Speiser is Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain, where he taught mathematics and physics from 1963 to 1990. His work in history of science included various publications, some of which are related to art history. Nephew of mathematician Andreas Speiser, David Speiser's own wide-ranging interests have brought him into contact with a panorama of disciplines. Editor Kim Williams has assembled a group of notes where scholars contribute essays inspired by their contact with Prof. Speiser in honour of his eightieth birthday. Topics range from history of sciences to history of art, from architecture theory to music theory, from particle physics to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, to an essay on the very nature of interdisciplinary studies. Contributors: Alessio Ageno, Jean-Pierre Antoine, Sandro Caparrini, Frans A. Cerulus, Sidney D. Drell, David Ritz Finkelstein, Laszlo Grenacs, Donal Hurley, Giuseppe La Rocca, Siegmund Levarie, Bernd Lindemann, Giulio Maltese, Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, Orietta Pedemonte, Patricia Radelet-de Grave, Luigi A. Radicati di Brozolo, Michael Vandyck, Piero Villaggio, Kim Williams.

Science --- Art --- Mathematicians --- Physicists --- History. --- Philosophy. --- Speiser, David, --- Anniversaries, etc. --- Physical scientists --- Scientists --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Aesthetics --- Art and philosophy --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Analysis, interpretation, appreciation --- 5/6 (09) --- History --- Philosophy --- Geschiedenis van de exacte en toegepaste wetenschappen --- Mathematics. --- Differential Equations. --- Applications of Mathematics. --- Ordinary Differential Equations. --- 517.91 Differential equations --- Differential equations --- Math --- Applied mathematics. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Differential equations. --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Mathematics --- Art history --- History of art

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Architectural design. --- Architecture --- Design architectural --- Mathematics. --- Mathématiques --- 72.012/013 --- 51 --- Gulden snede (architectuur) --- Modulaire coordinatie --- Proportie (architectuur) --- Symmetrie (architectuur) --- Wiskunde --- Mathematica --- Mathématiques

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In celebration of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, this issue of the Nexus Network Journal is devoted to relationships between astronomy, mathematics and architecture. Ancient cultures looked to the heavens in order to identify timeless principles for their own creations. Knowledge gained in astronomy was transformed into culture through architecture and design. Papers in this issue look at how astronomy influenced architecture and urban design.

Architecture -- Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Archtiectural design -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics --- Mathematical Theory --- Mathematics - General --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Architecture --- Astronomy --- Mathematics. --- Astronomical mathematics --- Architecture and mathematics --- Mathematics and architecture --- Architecture. --- Mathematics, general. --- Architectural History and Theory. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Math --- Science --- Design and construction --- Architecture, Primitive

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The title of this issue of the Nexus Network Journal, "Architecture, Mathematics and Structure," is deliberately ambiguous. At first glance, it might seem to indicate the relationship between what buildings look like and how they stand up. This is indeed one aspect of what we are concerned with here. But on a deeper level, the fundamental concept of structure is what connects architecture to mathematics. Both architecture and mathematics are highly structured formal systems expressed through a symbolic language. For architecture, the generating structure might be geometrical, musical, modular, or fractal. Once we understand the nature of the structure underlying the design, we are able to "read" the meaning inherent in the architectural forms. The papers in this issue all explore themes of structure in different ways.

Architectural design -- Periodicals. --- Architecture --Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Architecture --- Mathematical Theory --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Mathematics. --- History. --- Architecture and mathematics --- Mathematics and architecture --- Architecture. --- Mathematics, general. --- Architectural History and Theory. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Math --- Science --- Design and construction --- Architecture, Primitive

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This is the first-ever English translation of Daniele Barbaro’s 1567 Italian translation of and commentary on Vitruvius’s Ten Books of Architecture, an encyclopaedic treatment of science and technology whose influence extended far beyond its day. Intended to both interpret and expand upon the Vitruvian text, Barbaro’s erudite commentary reflects his Aristotelian approach, particularly his fascination with the relationship between science and the arts. This treatise offers a window onto the architectural ideals of the 1500s, as well as then-current notions of philosophy, mathematics, music, astronomy, mechanics, and more. The text is accompanied by illustrations by the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and his contemporaries. Palladio’s own Four Books on Architecture, published in 1570, was just one of many treatises on architecture that was inspired by the ideas contained here. An overview of Daniele Barbaro’s thinking is presented in a foreword by Branko Mitrovic´. The collocation of Barbaro’s treatise between those of Alberti and Palladio is addressed in a foreword by Robert Tavernor. Kim Williams provides a translator’s note to orient the reader. The text of the translation is cross-referenced to both Barbaro's 1567 publication and standard divisions of Vitruvius. The volume includes a detailed index of subjects and an index of proper names.

History. --- Architecture. --- History of Science. --- Architectural History and Theory. --- Mathematics in Art and Architecture. --- Mathematics in Music. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Design and construction --- Mathematics. --- Math --- Science --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architecture --- Arts. --- Music --- Architecture and mathematics --- Mathematics and architecture --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Occidental --- Arts, Primitive --- Arts, Western --- Fine arts --- Humanities