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.[1][2]
Williams has a degree in architectural studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a licensed architect in New York.[1]
Books
editWilliams 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)[3]
- Daniele Barbaro's Vitruvius of 1567 (Birkhäuser, 2019)[4]
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[2] and:
- Two Cultures: Essays in Honour of David Speiser (Birkhäuser, 2006)[5]
- 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)[6]
- Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture (with Danila Aita and Orietta Pedemonte, Birkhäuser, 2015)
References
edit- ^ a b "Kim Williams", The Editorial Board 2020, Nexus Network Journal, retrieved 2020-05-19
- ^ a b Malkevitch, Joseph (1997), "Book Review: Nexus: Architecture and Mathematics, edited by Kim Williams", Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal, 1 (16): 52–53, doi:10.5642/hmnj.199701.16.17 (review of the first Nexus conference proceedings)
- ^ Reviews of The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti:
- Kaunzner, Wolfgang, zbMATH (in German), Zbl 1228.01006
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Duvernoy, Sylvie (June 2011), Nexus Network Journal, 13 (2): 499–501, doi:10.1007/s00004-011-0078-0
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Giblin, Peter (March 2012), The Mathematical Gazette, 96 (535): 187–188, doi:10.1017/S0025557200004368, JSTOR 23249556, S2CID 233361368
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Ruane, P. N. (March 2012), "Review", Mathematical Association of America Reviews
- Rotman, Brian (August 2012), The Mathematical Intelligencer, 34 (4): 71–72, doi:10.1007/s00283-012-9310-3, S2CID 123078416
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- Kaunzner, Wolfgang, zbMATH (in German), Zbl 1228.01006
- ^ Review of Daniele Barbaro's Vitruvius of 1567:
- ^ Reviews of Two Cultures:
- Hargittai, István (January 2007), Structural Chemistry, 18 (3): 419–420, doi:10.1007/s11224-006-9137-7, S2CID 93322664
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Alexander, Amir (September 2008), The Mathematical Intelligencer, 30 (4): 68–70, doi:10.1007/bf03038102, S2CID 123527535
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- Hargittai, István (January 2007), Structural Chemistry, 18 (3): 419–420, doi:10.1007/s11224-006-9137-7, S2CID 93322664
- ^ Reviews of Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future:
- Bultheel, Adhemar (June 2015), "Review", European Mathematical Society Reviews
- Nasifoglu, Yelda (September 2016), BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, 31 (3): 261–263, doi:10.1080/17498430.2016.1208392
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External links
edit- Kim Williams Books, Williams's publishing company