| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 262 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Mathematics, Numbers and Music. The fascination of numbers, between music and poetry / Michele Emmer -- The solitude of last words / Claudio Ambrosini -- Mathematics, Poetry and Literature. Gödel's childhood and other algorithms / Vincenzo Della Mea -- The wild number problem : math or fiction? / Philibert Schogt -- A play at dusk : mathematics in literature / Carlo Toffalori -- Mathematics according to Italo Calvino / Gabriele Lolli -- The mathematical mind, iconography of a tension / Paolo Pagli -- Mathematics and Film. Spatial rhythms in cinema between the avant-garde and entertainment / Gian Piero Brunetta -- Lessons in mathematics, at the cinema / Michele Emmer -- Mathematics, love, and tattoos / Edward Frenkel -- Arithmétique / Giovanni Munari -- Mathematics and Art. L'art du trait est l'attrait de l'art / Sophie Skaf -- Mathematics and Morphology. Morphogenesis and dynamical systems : a view instantiated by a performative design approach / Sara Franceschelli -- Empirical evidence that the world is not a computer / James W. McAllister -- Mathematics, Art and Music. Numeri malefici (evil numbers) : homage to Fabio Mauri / Michele Emmer -- From Pollock's Summertime to Jacksontime / Davide Amodio -- Mathematics as a tool for the composition of Jacksontime / Chiara de Fabritiis -- Mathematics and Applications. Extracting information from chaos : a case in climatological analysis / Francesco Bonghi, Roberto Ferretti -- On the tangible boundary between real and virtual / Andrien Mondot -- Fort Marghera and the French and Austrian plans of defence / Mauro Scroccaro -- Myrmedrome : simulating the life of an ant colony / Simone Cacace, Emiliano Cristiani, Dario D'Eustacchio -- Ants searching for a minimum / Maurizio Falcone -- Mathematics and Marco. Exotic spheres and John Milnor / Marco Abate -- Cellular automata : the game of life / Gian Marco Todesco -- Homage to Alan Turing. Alan M. Turing (1912-1954) / Gabriele Lolli -- Alan Turing and the poisoned apple / Massimo Vincenzi |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Text chiefly in English, some essays in French |
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Print version record |
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Mathematics -- Social aspects.
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Mathematics and literature.
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Mathematics in art.
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MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
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MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
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MATHEMATICS -- Reference.
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Matemáticas -- Aspectos sociales
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Matemáticas y literatura
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Matemáticas en el arte
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Mathematics and literature
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Mathematics in art
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Mathematics -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Emmer, Michele, editor
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| ISBN |
9788847028890 |
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8847028892 |
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8847028884 |
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9788847028883 |
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