Tiling Bibliography (Science U)

Tiling Bibliography

Books on Tilings and Symmetry

If you would like to learn more about tilings and tesselations, allow us to recommend some of our favorite sources of information. For books, visit the

Selected Reading on Tiling and Symmetry

in the Science U bookstore. There you will find a variety of books, including these titles:

Tilings and Patterns : An Introduction, by Branko Grunbaum, G.C. Shephard, the definitive mathematics text on the subject, and source for many of the ideas in this article.
Design and Color in Islamic Architecture : Eight Centuries of the Tile-Maker's Art, by Roland and Sabrina Michaud, a book of gorgeous photography.
Simple Kaleidoscopes : 24 Spectacular Scopes to Make, by Gary Newlin. A wonderful project book for kids, or anyone who likes to learn by making things.

Web Resources

There are many excellent web sites devoted to tilings and tesselations. Here are a few of our favorites.

David E. Joyce has an great webpage on the wallpaper symmetries.
Beautiful Illustrations by Xah Lee.
Xah Lee's compilation of Web Sites on Tilings.
A compliation of Introductory References about Tessellations and Sources for Illustrations, by Doris Schattschneider.
Doris Schattschneider's compilation of Computer Software for Tiling.
The Geometry Center course materials Kaleideo Tile: Reflecting on Symmetry.
Article: Symmetry and Tilings, by Charles Radin
Chris Hillman's Tiling Dynamical Systems.