{"product_id":"oliver-byrne-9783836577380","title":"Oliver Byrne","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th-century mathematician \u003cstrong\u003eOliver Byrne\u003c\/strong\u003e employed the colour scheme for his 1847 edition of Euclid's \u003cem\u003emathematical and geometric treatise Elements\u003c\/em\u003e. Byrne's idea was to use colour to make learning easier and \"diffuse permanent knowledge.\" The result has been described as one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe facsimile of Byrne's seminal publication is now available in a beautiful new edition. A \u003cstrong\u003emasterwork of art and science\u003c\/strong\u003e, it is as remarkable in the boldness of its red, yellow, and blue figures and diagrams as it is in the mathematical precision of its theories. In the simplicity of forms and colours, the pages anticipate the vigour of \u003cstrong\u003eDe Stijl and Bauhaus\u003c\/strong\u003e design. In making complex information at once accessible and aesthetically engaging, this work is a forerunner to the information graphics that today define much of our data consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243444809964,"sku":"9783836577380","price":90.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836577380-oliver-byrne-1.jpg?v=1787985372","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/oliver-byrne-9783836577380","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}