John Sharp was an innovator, a communicator and connector of people. His friends and colleagues have created this ebook as a Memorial to his work.
It comprises two options: a free book of memorial pieces and a complete book with those pieces and some longer more considered articles, both delivered as ebooks within the Tarquin eReader.
1. The Memorial Section: Memories of Ideas Shared
A free element encompassing personal tributes from those who knew him and his ideas best, together with some pictures, videos and references from which to explore his ideas further. CHOOSE EReader and Book option below to order. We will send you an access code and login instructions.
Contents
Felicity Wood – Introduction and Personal Memories
Sue Ahrens – The Watford Connection
Jacqui Carey – A Bowl of Gratitude
Robert Fathauer – Spiral Tilings of Triangles
Gary Greenfield – John Sharp, My Algorist Friend – A Remembrance
Jonny Griffiths – My Memories of John
Mary Harris – Cardboard Boxes and Some Socks
Philip Kent – John Sharp at London University 2004-2013
Vinay Kathotia – Some Memories
Eva Knoll – Remembering John Sharp
Louise Mabbs – Mathematical Magic and More
Simon Morgan - John Sharp, community and experiencing the creative process
Deborah Robinson – Logarithmic Lace
David Wells – John Sharp Remembered
Tony Wills – A Strange Journey through some Unusual Geometry: My Work with John Sharp
Penelope Woolfitt – John Sharp
2. Sharp Forms: Articles
A collection of articles about, or connected to, his work and his areas of interest. Most are original to this work, some provide windows into his published work.
A small fee is payable to receive these articles with the free element. Part of this fee has helped fund and host these ebooks, and a royalty from all sales will be used to fund some educational projects in India and elsewhere using Sliceforms. More details will be announced shortly and reported on within the ebook.
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Contents:
Indu Choraria and Vinay Kathotia – One Loop – Endless Possibilities
Paul Gailiunas – Bowl-Shaped Polyhedra from Infinity 6
Eva Knoll – John, me and the YángMă
Katherine Seaton – Yes, Lady Bracknell, A Handbag
John Sharp – In memory of Steve Eberhart
John Sharp – Just 4 Points and the Prepared Mind
John Sharp – Recreations with Paper Strips from Infinity 6
John Sharp – The rectangular hyperbola as a circle in the geometry of the triangle
John Sharp – Scott Polygons
John Sharp – A model to make - an extract from D-Forms
John Sharp – A model to make - an extract from Sliceforms
John Sharp – Soddy Circles and a different way for solving the Apollonius problem
John Sharp – Variations and Explorations from Surfaces – Explorations with Sliceforms
Philip Steadman – Anamorphosis in a painting by Vermeer
Jack Tait – Secondary, Near Chaotic Patterns from Analogue Drawing Machines
Tibor Tarnai and János Krähling – Polyhedra in Churches
Marion Walter – Feedback from Infinity 6
A long-time Tarquin author and editor, some of John's works for Tarquin can be accessed below.
