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Mathematics: Geometries of beauty

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Lynn Gamwell traces the millennia of symbiosis between mathematics and art.

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  1. Lynn Gamwell is a lecturer on the history of art, mathematics and science at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her previous books include Exploring the Invisible.,

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