Kim Williams (architect)
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Kim Williams is an American architect, an independent scholar on the connections between architecture and mathematics, and a book publisher. She is the founder of the Nexus: Architecture and Mathematics conference series, the founder and co-editor-in-chief of Nexus Network Journal, and the author of several books on mathematics and architecture.{{r|nexus|malkevitch}}
Williams has a degree in architectural studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a licensed architect in New York.{{r|nexus}}
Books
Williams is the author of:
- Italian Pavements: Patterns in Space (Anchorage Press, 1997)
- The Villas of Palladio (illustrated by Giovanni Giaconi, Princeton Architectural Press, 2003)
She is an editor, translator, and commentator of older works on architecture and mathematics including:
- The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti (with Lionel March and Stephen R. Wassell, Birkhäuser, 2010){{r|alberti}}
- Daniele Barbaro's Vitruvius of 1567 (Birkhäuser, 2019){{r|vitruvius}}
She is also the editor or co-editor of several collections of papers on architecture and mathematics, including several volumes of the Nexus conference proceedings{{r|malkevitch}} and:
- Two Cultures: Essays in Honour of David Speiser (Birkhäuser, 2006){{r|cult}}
- Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art: Essays by David Speiser (Birkhäuser, 2011)
- Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s; Volume II: The 1500s to the future (with Michael J. Ostwald, Birkhäuser, 2015){{r|future}}
- Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture (with Danila Aita and Orietta Pedemonte, Birkhäuser, 2015)
References
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Reviews of The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti:
- {{citation
| last = Kaunzner | first = Wolfgang
| journal = zbMATH
| language = German
| title = none
| zbl = 1228.01006}}
- {{citation
| last = Duvernoy | first = Sylvie
| date = June 2011
| doi = 10.1007/s00004-011-0078-0
| issue = 2
| journal = Nexus Network Journal
| pages = 499–501
| title = none
| volume = 13| doi-access = free
}}
- {{citation
| last = Giblin | first = Peter
| date = March 2012
| issue = 535
| journal = The Mathematical Gazette
| jstor = 23249556
| pages = 187–188
| title = none
| volume = 96| doi = 10.1017/S0025557200004368
| s2cid = 233361368
}}
- {{citation
| last = Ruane | first = P. N.
| date = March 2012
| journal = Mathematical Association of America Reviews
| title = Review
| url = https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/the-mathematical-works-of-leon-battista-alberti}}
- {{citation
| last = Rotman | first = Brian
| date = August 2012
| doi = 10.1007/s00283-012-9310-3
| issue = 4
| journal = The Mathematical Intelligencer
| pages = 71–72
| title = none
| volume = 34| s2cid = 123078416
}}
- {{citation
| last = Hargittai | first = István
| date = January 2007
| doi = 10.1007/s11224-006-9137-7
| issue = 3
| journal = Structural Chemistry
| pages = 419–420
| title = none
| volume = 18| s2cid = 93322664
}}
- {{citation
| last = Alexander | first = Amir
| date = September 2008
| doi = 10.1007/bf03038102
| issue = 4
| journal = The Mathematical Intelligencer
| pages = 68–70
| title = none
| volume = 30| s2cid = 123527535
}}
Reviews of Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future:
- {{citation
| last = Bultheel | first = Adhemar | author-link = Adhemar Bultheel
| date = June 2015
| journal = European Mathematical Society Reviews
| title = Review
| url = https://euro-math-soc.eu/review/architecture-and-mathematics-antiquity-future}}
- {{citation
| last = Nasifoglu | first = Yelda
| date = September 2016
| doi = 10.1080/17498430.2016.1208392
| issue = 3
| journal = BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics
| pages = 261–263
| title = none
| volume = 31| doi-access = free
}}
Review of Daniele Barbaro's Vitruvius of 1567:
- {{citation
| last = Fiocca | first = Alessandra
| mr = 3969948
| journal = Mathematical Reviews
| title = none}}
}}
External links
- [https://www.kimwilliamsbooks.com/about.html Kim Williams Books], Williams's publishing company
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