Professor Dr. Safa Lutfi recently published her new book entitled" Mathematics and its Work in the Arabic and Islamic Decorative and Architectural Design". The book has published by Dar Ibn Al-Nafis for Publishing and Distribution. It was presented with a brief summary as an introduction of the book stated as following: In today’s world there is a wealthy civilizational achievement that is wrapping and covering our architectural atmosphere with different patterns spread in many places especially in religious and civil archaeological buildings which have been constructed in a unique style that is almost without precedent in different parts of the world. For the first glance, it may come to the mind of the reader that these design systems are just decorations to fill a spatial space that the designer chose by chance or according to his own taste but the truth of the matter is that Arabic and Islamic art and architecture were not based on chance but rather on engineering and mathematics to confirm the great idea of ​​Islam. It is not a coincidence of the creation of humans and the universe, but rather it is the will of Allah Almighty which organizes and coordinates various standards of the universe. The book is organized as following: 1. Introduction. 2. Chapter One: The most prominent forms of Arabic and Islamic art ✓ The main components of the Arabic and Islamic design. ✓ The connotations of color in Arabic and Islamic design. ✓ How did the Arab and Muslim artist employ mathematics in the decorative design system? Did he have roots/origins to rely on? ✓ The trilogy of the Arabic and Islamic decorative system: thread, throwing, and underlining. ✓ Civilization decorative design. ✓ Mathematics in Arabic and Islamic decoration. 3. Chapter Two: Fractal geometry between theory and practice in Arabic and Islamic decorative and architectural achievement. ✓ Fractal geometry / geometry of nature. ✓ How is a plentiful geometric pattern created? ✓ Repetitive geometric pattern pictures. ✓ Basic properties of fractals. ✓ Types of Fractals. ✓ Recurring geometric pattern images in architecture. ✓ The principle of prototypical systematic reproduction. ✓ Stereotypical reproduction/decorative phenomenon. How do we explain this phenomenon? ✓ The fractal and its representations in Arabic and Islamic decorative system / design and mathematical approaches: Andalusia as a model. 4. Chapter Three: The numerical structure and its implications in the Arabic and Islamic decorative design / Samarra decorations as a model. __________________ The book is of the large set pieces with 207 pages

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