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9780520239319

Geodesic Math and How to Use It

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520239319

  • ISBN10:

    0520239318

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-10-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

This is THE most requested UCP out-of-print title! It describes in detail how to arrive at the correct dimensions to build your very own geodesic dome. The audience is people who like to build things. Hippies. New-agers. Folks with initiative and a sense of adventure. Smart people.

Table of Contents

What This Book Is vii
Part One Tensegrity
1. Weight vs. Tension
3(8)
2. Spherical Tensegrities
11(9)
3. Complex Spherical Tensegrities
20(12)
4. Tendon System Minima
32(4)
5. Geodesic Subdivision
36(5)
6. Rigid Tensegrities
41(6)
Part Two Geodesics
7. Great Circles
47(7)
8. Symmetry Systems
54(5)
9. The Spherical-Coordinate System
59(4)
10. Breakdown Systems
63(7)
11. Choosing a Polyhedron
70(4)
12. Using the Tables
74(10)
13. Ellipses and Superellipses
84(11)
14. Truncations
95(9)
15. An Advanced Problem
104(8)
16. Space Frames
112(6)
17. About Angles
118(7)
Part Three Data
18. Class I Octahedral Coordinates
125(6)
19. Class II Method 1 Octahedral Coordinates
131(6)
20. Class I Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates
137(6)
21. Class II Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates
143(4)
22. Tetrahedral Coordinates
147(5)
23. Class II Method 3 Coordinates and Chord Factors
152(11)
Appendices
APPENDIX I Writing Class II Method 3 Coordinates
163(3)
APPENDIX II Calculator Routines
166(3)
APPENDIX III HP-65 Programs
169

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