Imagine math 2 : between culture and mathematics /
Imagine mathematics, imagine with the help of mathematics, imagine new worlds, new geometries, new forms. The new volume in the series Imagine Math is intended to contribute to grasping how much that is interesting and new is happening in the relationships between mathematics, imagination and cultur...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Milan :
Springer,
c2013
Milan : ©2013 |
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| Summary: | Imagine mathematics, imagine with the help of mathematics, imagine new worlds, new geometries, new forms. The new volume in the series Imagine Math is intended to contribute to grasping how much that is interesting and new is happening in the relationships between mathematics, imagination and culture. The present book begins with the connections between mathematics, numbers, poetry and music, with the latest opera by Italian composer Claudio Ambrosini. Literature and narrative also play an important role here. There is cinema too, with the erotic mathematics films by Edward Frenkel, and the new short Arithmtique by Munari and Rovazzani. The section on applications of mathematics features a study of ants, as well as the refined forms and surfaces generated by algorithms used in the performances by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. Last but not least, in honour of the hundredth anniversary of his birth, a mathematical, literary and theatrical homage to Alan Turing, one of the outstanding figures of the twentieth century |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 262 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 8847028884 8847028892 (electronic bk.) 8847028892 9788847028883 9788847028890 (electronic bk.) 9788847028890 |