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Visions of Symmetry: Notebooks, Periodic Drawings, and Related Work of M. C. Escher
Visions of Symmetry Notebooks Periodic Drawings and Related Work of M C Escher Author:Doris Schattschneider Doris Schattschneider's classic Visions of Symmetry is the most penetrating study of Escher's work in existence, and the one most admired by mathematicians and scientists. It deals with one powerful obsession that preoccupied Escher: what he called "the regular division of the plane," the puzzle-like interlocking of bi... more »rds, fish, lizards, and other natural forms in continuous patterns. Schattschneider asks, "How did he do it?" She answers the question by meticulously analyzing Escher's notebooks, and the New Scientist described the result as "a collection of detective stories whose plots are brilliantly organized patterns."« less