Georg Glaeser, born in 1955, obtained his PhD and habilitation in geometry at the Vienna University of Technology. Since 1998, he is full professor of geometry at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He is the author or coauthor of more than twenty books on geometry, mathematics, computer graphics, evolutionary biology, and photography.

• 1 An idealized world made of simple elements.- 2 Projections and shadows: Reduction of the dimension.- 3 Polyhedra: multi-faced and multi-sided.- 4 Curved but simple.- 5 More about conic sections and developable surfaces.- 6 Prototypes.- 7 Further remarkable classes of surfaces.- 8 The endless variety of curved surfaces.- 9 Photographic image and individual perception.- 10 Kinematics: Geometry in motion.- 11 Spatial motions.- 12 A variety of filling patterns.- 13 The nature of geometry and the geometry of nature.- 14 More applications.- A Geometrical freehand drawing.- B Geometry and photography.- Bibliography.- Index.

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Georg Glaeser, born in 1955, obtained his PhD and habilitation in geometry at the Vienna University of Technology. Since 1998, he is full professor of geometry at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He is the author or coauthor of more than twenty books on geometry, mathematics, computer graphics, evolutionary biology, and photography.

• 1 An idealized world made of simple elements.- 2 Projections and shadows: Reduction of the dimension.- 3 Polyhedra: multi-faced and multi-sided.- 4 Curved but simple.- 5 More about conic sections and developable surfaces.- 6 Prototypes.- 7 Further remarkable classes of surfaces.- 8 The endless variety of curved surfaces.- 9 Photographic image and individual perception.- 10 Kinematics: Geometry in motion.- 11 Spatial motions.- 12 A variety of filling patterns.- 13 The nature of geometry and the geometry of nature.- 14 More applications.- A Geometrical freehand drawing.- B Geometry and photography.- Bibliography.- Index.

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Georg Glaeser, born in 1955, obtained his PhD and habilitation in geometry at the Vienna University of Technology. Since 1998, he is full professor of geometry at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He is the author or coauthor of more than twenty books on geometry, mathematics, computer graphics, evolutionary biology, and photography.

• 1 An idealized world made of simple elements.- 2 Projections and shadows: Reduction of the dimension.- 3 Polyhedra: multi-faced and multi-sided.- 4 Curved but simple.- 5 More about conic sections and developable surfaces.- 6 Prototypes.- 7 Further remarkable classes of surfaces.- 8 The endless variety of curved surfaces.- 9 Photographic image and individual perception.- 10 Kinematics: Geometry in motion.- 11 Spatial motions.- 12 A variety of filling patterns.- 13 The nature of geometry and the geometry of nature.- 14 More applications.- A Geometrical freehand drawing.- B Geometry and photography.- Bibliography.- Index.

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