Mathematics and Culture IV

Gebonden Engels 2006 2007e druk 9783540342540
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Gaudi’s dream which will be reached finalizing the construction of the "Sagrada Familia" in Barcelona, the victory of the Swiss sail boat "Alinghi", which won America’s Cup, films such as " A Beautiful Mind" and "Enigma", the theatrical play based on the life of Galois, the images of the Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher, crypotography, comics. What all these topics have in common? Mathematics, of course. This book focuses on the important role of mathematics in culture. It shows how very complex links between mathematics and culture can be not only interesting and stimulating but also fun.

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ISBN13:9783540342540
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:253
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:2007

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Mathematicians.- Ennio De Giorgi Remembered.- X Day, the Greats of 20th Century Science: Ennio De Giorgi.- Mathematics and Comics.- Writing Mathematics in Comics.- Madmatics.- Mathematics and Secret Codes.- A 16th Century Cryptographic Treatise: Agostino Amadi’s Zifre, Between Humanistic Culture and Practical Mathematics.- Mathematics from War to Peace: Operations Research.- Mathematics and Cinema.- Turing and the Enigma.- Mathematics and Medicine.- Computer Simulation and Visualization.- From Butterflies to Microchips: How Biology in the Third Millennium Aspires to Mathematics.- Mathematics and Images.- Mathematical Images and the Image of Mathematics.- A Beautiful Mind: A Film by Ron Howard, a Book by Sylvia Nasar.- Mathematics and Applications.- Mathematics and Industry.- Researching Viable Scientific Approaches to Marine Ecosystems.- Mathematics and Architecture.- Gaudí Innovator.- Mathematics and Theatre.- My Galois.- Mathematics and Poetry.- Encounters.- Lament.- Mathematics and Mysticism.- The Kabbalah and the Mysticism of Words.- Mathematics in the Ocean.- When Mathematics Goes Sailing (in America’s Cup).- Mathematics and Escher.- The Mathematical Structure of Escher’s Print Gallery.- Animating M.C. Escher.

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