Jay Harman-Links To Books

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If you’re intrigued by Jay
Harman’s breakthroughs in design geometry, you might be interested in the books listed.

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	A Beginner’s Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael Schneider (Harper Perennial, 1995) ISBN number: 0-06092671-6 The book is an intriguing and easily digested examination of Schneider’s insights into the role of geometry in the design of natural organisms. Chapter 5 focuses on the Golden Section.
	Biomimicry : Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine Benyus (Harper Perennial, 2002) ISBN number: 0-06053322-6 A spirited argument for acknowledging nature as both mentor and model, Biomimicry visits the ingenious pioneers whose work looks to nature for elegant solutions to human problems. Author Benyus describes the frontlines of a coming revolution that will alter the way we manufacture products, feed ourselves, and even conduct business.
	The Curves of Life: Being an Acount of Spiral Formations and Their Applications to Growth in Nature, to Science, and to Art by Sir Theodore A. Cook (Dover Publications, 1979) ISBN number: 0-486-23701-X An examination of spiral formations and geometric design in nature.
	The Divine Proportion: A Study in Mathematical Beauty by H.E. Huntley (Dover Publications, 1970) ISBN number: 0-486-22254-3 An elegant introduction to the Golden Section and all its iterations.
	The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability by Paul Hawken (HarperCollins, 1994) ISBN number: 0-88730704-3 A provocative and visionary look at how business might be redefined to include issues of environmental sustainability and job satisfaction alongside profitability and efficiency.
	Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L Hunter Lovins (Back Bay Books, 2000) ISBN number: 0-31635300-0 An exploration of a new slant on industrial development, the book examines the strategies of companies that are both profitable and green.
	On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (Dover Publications, 1992) ISBN number: 0-486-67135-6 A reprint of the classic work on animal morphology that was revolutionary when first published in 1917, On Growth and Form examines matters as diverse as the bell curve and growth patterns of eggs, skeletons, and crystals—all from the mathematical perspective of the theory of "economy and transformation."
	The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture by György Doczi (Shambhala, 1994) ISBN number: 0-87773-193-4 A beautifully illustrated and diagrammed book that discusses, in plain language, the natural harmony that exists in all well-designed art and architecture.
	Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air by Theodor Schwenk, preface by Jacques Costeau (Rudolf Steiner Press, 1965, 1999) ISBN number: 0-85440-304-3 A sumptuous look at fluid flow in all its permutations, Schwenk is incredibly knowledgeable about the shape and motion of flow. His fascination with vortices, waves, and whirlpools is coupled with a powerful understanding of how these shapes manifest in organic life forms.