... a major contribution to the world of science and of particular value to the documention of the culture of Islam. N Gedal... a masterly account of the way in which art and science are combined into aesthetic beauty by the Islamic geometric designs and motifs which decorate much of the Eastern World. M Evans... This book will allow readers to travel through time and space, from ancient ornaments to the most modern computer graphics patterns. C. PickoverEver since the discovery of the existence of seventeen space groups in two dimensions by Fedorov in 1891, it has been speculated that all seventeen could be found in Islamic art. But it is in this book that this remarkable fact is for the first time detailed and analysed, with beautiful illustrations. Rarely is there such a thought-provoking blend of esthetics and geometry with abstraction. C N YangGeometrical form. Here, mathematics combines with art and exhibits clearly its aesthetic appeal Islamic patterns provide a marvellous illustration of symmetry and Drs. Abas and Salman perform a useful servic | Symmetries of Islamic Geometric Patterns by Syed Jan Abas, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters