Graphica 1 consists of unique and unusual color illustrations created using the computer software system Mathematica. This unique and beautiful book will be both an inspiration and a reference work for designers, artists, and architects--as well as for people working in computer graphics, scientific visualization, electronic media design, and mathematics.
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...an exquisite balance between mathematical predetermination and personal aesthetics, computational force and natural grace -- IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
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
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
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
Who says art and science don't mix? Two physicists--Michael Trott from Germany and Russian Igor Bakshee--have proven otherwise. They used Mathematica, a visualization and modeling tool used by engineers, mathematicians, and scientists, to create startling images that are at once amazingly complex and beautifully simple -- Applied Arts
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
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
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
Who says art and science don't mix? Two physicists--Michael Trott from Germany and Russian Igor Bakshee--have proven otherwise. They used Mathematica, a visualization and modeling tool used by engineers, mathematicians, and scientists, to create startling images that are at once amazingly complex and beautifully simple -- Applied Arts
From the Author
I use Mathematica every day, and I am always creating pictures. And over the past eight years, I have created roughly 6,000 such pictures. This book gives a small selection of these pictures.
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visually stunning, lacking in description,
By Brian Watson "brian from studiomomo.com" (New Westminster, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Graphica 1. The Imaginary Made Real: The Art of Michael Trott (Hardcover)
I bought this book think I'd learn more about creating the art in which Mr Trott excels.
Nope. Don't get me wrong: the book is a beautiful exposition of exquisite art. Each page left me gasping in awe. But to come to the end of the book and find one single solitary example of Mathematica code was like realizing the exquisite handsome model you date had a labotomy. Still pretty, but not enough.
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