Textbook
Squaring the Circle: Geometry in Art and ArchitectureISBN: 978-0-470-41212-1
Paperback
554 pages
June 2008, ©2008
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Paul A. Calter is a Visiting Scholar at Dartmouth College and
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Vermont Technical College. He
is a book review editor of the Nexus Network Journal and has
interests in both the fields of mathematics and art. He received
his B.S. from Cooper Union and his M.S. from Columbia University,
both in engineering, and his Masters of Fine Arts Degree from
Norwich University. Calter has taught mathematics for over
twenty-five years and is the author of ten mathematics textbooks
and a mystery novel. He has been an active painter and sculptor
since 1968, has had many solo shows and participated in dozens of
group art shows, and has permanent outdoor sculptures at a number
of locations. Calter developed a course called “Geometry in
Art & Architecture,” which he has taught at Dartmouth
College and Vermont Technical College, and he has taught at
Dartmouth College and Vermont Technical College, and he has given
workshops and lectures on the subject. Calter's own art is
concerned with astronomical and geometric themes; he searches for a
link between the organic and geometric basis of beauty, what has
been called the philosopher's stone of aesthetics.