After classical books such as Symmetry by Hermann Weyl and Geometry and Visual Arts by Dan Pedoe we witness the existence of a book in recent years by Professor Jay Kappraff with more comprehensive topics in connections of mathematics and the arts. From tilings to quasicrystals and spirals to self-similarity issues Kappraff cuts a very wide swath in Connections: Geometrical Bridges in Mathematics and Art. This book is an exploration of endowers such as symmetry, proportion, and spatial harmony in quest for a common ground in the areas of arts, natural sciences, and mathematics. I have adopted this book for my Mathematics and Art class several times. Jay Kappraff and his innovative masterpiece Connections have been very influential in the direction of the Bridges Conference. I would congratulate him for the recent reprinting of this book.

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