Geodesic Math and How to Use It (Paperback, 2)

What This Book Is

Part One Tensegritty
1. Weight vs. Tension
2. Spherical Tensegrities
3. Complex Spherical Tensegrities
4. Tendon System Minima
5. Geodesic Subdivision
6. Rigid Tensegrities

Part Two Geodesics
7. Great Circles
8. Symmetry Systems
9. The Spherical-Coordinate System
10. Breakdown Systems
11. Choosing a Polyhedron
12. Using the Tables
13. Ellipses and Superellipses
14. Truncations
15. An Advanced Problem
16. Space Frames
17. About Angles

Part Three Dala
18. Class I Octahedral Coordinates
19. Class II Method 1 Octahedral Coordinates
20. Class I Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates
21. Class II Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates
22. Tetrahedral Coordinates
23. Class II Method 3 Coordinates and Chord Factors

Appendices
APPENDIX I Writing Class II Method 3 Coordinates
APPENDIX II Calculator Routines
APPENDIX III HP-65 Programs