Publications
Updated May 1, 2003
These are books or articles about me or by me. My artwork is
reproduced in most of them.
Farris, Frank, editor, "Mathematics and Art", in Mathematics Magazine,
April, 2003. Contains one of my images and a description of how I work.
Pickover, Clifford, The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the
Edge, Cambridge University Press, 2002. Contains four of my embellished
Lissajous images. In keeping with the Oz theme of the book, Pickover playfully
attributes their creation to a wicked witch drawing these images with the
exhaust from her broomstick.
Tiedemann, Anker, Den Gyldne Femkant: Matemagi for talfreaks (The Golden
Pentagon: Mathemagic for Number Freaks), Høst & Søn, Copenhagen,
Denmark, 2002. Contains one of my embellished Lissajous figures.
Brill, Bob, "The Endless Wave" in
Bridges Conference Proceedings,
2002. Discusses and illustrates that portion of my work that is inspired by sine
waves.
Peterson, Ivars, Fragments of Infinity: A Kaleidoscope of Math and Art, John
Wiley & Sons, 2001. This book is about mathematically inspired art. My work is
discussed and illustrated along with the work of many others.
Peterson, Ivars,
"Art of Pursuit" in Science News online edition, MathTrek column for week
of Jul 21, 2001, dealing with my Pursuit Curve images.
Brill, Bob, Algorithmic Imagery Using E: A Tutorial and Reference Manual for
E-Run and the E Language, Zenagraf, 2001. This is the companion book for the
software I use for creating art. For details and how to order, see
Bob's Software
Peterson, Ivars,
"Scrambled Grids" in Science News online edition, MathTrek column for week
of Aug 26, 2000, dealing with my math-based Poincaré recurrence images.
Several of my images are reproduced here.
Brill, Bob,
"Down the Digital Drain" in Digital Giraffe, Electronic Quill section,
July 2000, an essay dealing with archival materials for digital artists.
My opinions run counter to the prevailing wisdom, so if you are interested
in this topic, check it out.
Brown, Richard G. et al, "Connection: Art" in Algebra 1, McDougal Littell, 1997,
p. 514, dealing with my Poincaré recurrence images.
Brill, Bob, "Embellished Lissajous Figures" in The Pattern Book: Fractals, Art,
and Nature, edited by Clifford Pickover, World Scientific, 1995, pp. 183 - 193.
A short article and nine images.
Talley, Charles, "Computer Generation: A Portfolio" in Surface Design Journal,
Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter 1992, pp. 13 - 16.
Brill, Bob, "Some New Fractal Images" in YLEM Newsletter, Dec 1991.
Hayes, Laura Lee and Bob Brill, "Zenagraf Brings New Techniques to an Old Craft"
in Surface Design Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2, Winter 1986, pp. 21 - 23.