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RUDOLF
STEINER
Rudolf Steiner was born in 1861 and
lived until 1925. He developed
spiritual science by applying the scientific method to his remarkable
powers of
clairvoyant perception.. When observing subtler aspects of existence he
could change his
consciousness so that instead of experiencing the world from a central
point of view
his consciousness moved to the cosmic
periphery. He described
his findings in over 50 written works and nearly 6,000 lectures. He
founded the
Anthroposophical Society in 1912 and gave impulses for new more
spiritual approaches to
agriculture (biodynamic), architecture, the arts, education, care of
the handicapped,
medicine, science and social science, as well as the path of individual
spiritual
development. He was born in Kraljevic in Austria (now in
Croatia), he read
chemistry, natural science and mathematics for his degree and obtained
his doctorate in
philosophy.

GEORGE ADAMS
George
Adams von Kaufmann was born in 1894 and lived
until 1963. He read chemistry at Cambridge and came into contact with
Steiner's work while
a student. He was active as a pacifist in the First World War and did
social work with the
Quakers, in particular with the Friends' War Relief organisation in
Poland. He worked for
the rest of his life for Anthroposophy with a special interest in the
scientific side as
well as developing the social aspects. He interpreted Steiner's
lectures in England
and later translated many of them into English. He discovered how
to describe
Steiner's findings about negative space in geometric terms. He worked
particularly with
projective geometry and the application of path
curves.

LAWRENCE
EDWARDS
Lawrence Edwards
studied the work of Rudolf
Steiner and as a result he became a Class Teacher as well as an upper
school mathematics
teacher at the Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School until he retired. He was
inspired to carry
out scientific research after studying projective geometry with George
Adams, following a
"moonlighting" second career testing whether the path curves he had
learnt about
applied to real forms in Nature. This he confirmed for the forms
of many
flower and leaf buds as well as for the human heart. He found
important rhythmic
processes active in leaf bud forms over the winter months which
correlate with planetary
rhythms. He was a friend, inspirer and helper to many
others.

NICK THOMAS
Nick Thomas was born in 1941, educated
as an electrical engineer, and
became an engineering officer in the RAF for 16 years. He met the work
of Rudolf Steiner
at the age of 18 and has been inspired by it ever since. In particular
he seeks to
reconcile Steiner's spiritual research with the findings of science,
and has found
projective geometry to be a beautiful and appropriate approach.
Lawrence Edwards
befriended him early on and helped him greatly. Some of his interests
and work are
outlined in these pages.

References
1. The
Philosophy of Spiritual Activity, Rudolf Steiner, Rudolf Steiner
Press, London 1979.
2. Space
and the Light of Creation, George Adams Kaufmann, Published by
the Author, London 1933.
3. Universal
Forces in Mechanics, George Adams, Rudolf Steiner Press,
London 1977.
4. The
Lemniscatory Ruled Surface in Space and Counterspace, George
Adams, Rudolf Steiner Press, London 1979.
5. The
Plant Between Sun and Earth, Adams and Whicher, Rudolf Steiner
Press, London 1980.
6. Projective
Geometry by Lawrence Edwards, Rudolf Steiner Institute,
Phoenixville 1985.
7. The
Vortex of Life, Lawrence Edwards, Floris Press, Edinburgh 1993.
8. Projective
Geometry,Veblen and Young, Ginn & Co., Boston 1910 (a
classic).
9. Projective
Geometry, Dirk J. Struik, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.,
London 1953.
10. Geometry,
H.S.M. Coxeter, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1969.
11. Science Between Space and Counterspace,
N.C.
Thomas, Temple Lodge Publishing,
London January
1999.
CORRECTIONS
(downloadable Word 97 document).
The book is due to be reprinted.
12. The main document
together
with Annex 3 have been amended for greater clarity.
"Pivot Transforms", N.C. Thomas (in
Word97),
and Annex 1 , Annex 2
and Annex 3 thereto,
and the diagrams referred to (256 colour
PCX, ZIPped into one file).
13. Practical Path Curve Calculations, N.C.
Thomas
(in Word 97; includes HPG graphics-imported diagrams)
14. Algebraic
Projective Geometry, Semple and Kneebone, Oxford University
Press, Oxford 1952.
15. Projective
Geometry, T.E. Faulkner, Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh and
London 1960.

Selected
Other Sites
Bud Workshop by
Graham
Calderwood
Projective Geometry and
Life
Forms
Goetheanum
Astronomy
Picture of the
Day
Ifgene
Canadian Mathematics Society

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