A search for structure :selected essays on science, art, and history
- 作者: Smith, Cyril Stanley,
- 出版: Cambridge, Mass. : London :MIT Press c1981.
- 稽核項: x, 410 p. :ill. ;26 cm.
- 標題: Science , Art. , Science Philosophy -- Congresses , History. , PhilosophyCongresses
- ISBN: 0262191911 , 9780262191913
- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-399) and index. Grain shapes and other metallurgical applications of topology -- The discovery of carbon in steel -- Structure, substructure, and superstructure -- The interpretation of microstructures of metallic artifacts -- Matter versus materials -- The early history of casting, molds, and the science of solidification -- Porcelain and plutonism -- Art, technology, and science -- Metallurgical footnotes to the history of art -- Reflections on technology and the decorative arts in the nineteenth century -- On art, invention, and technology -- Some constructive corrodings -- A highly personal view of science and its history -- Structural hierarchy in science, art, and history.
- 系統號: 005034083
- 資料類型: 圖書
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These fourteen essays celebrate the necessary unity between aesthetic curiosity and scientific and technological discovery. Drawing on his own experience as a metallurgist and his wide-ranging studies of ancient and modern artifacts, Cyril Smith offers an intriguing and generously illustrated exploration of the relationship between material structure and our sense of beauty.
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