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Mathematics and Culture V

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  • Dec 2006

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Editors:
  1. Michele Emmer

    1. Dipartimento di Matematica “G. Castelnuovo”, Università degli Studi “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy, Roma, Italy

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Homage to Coxeter

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. H. M. S. Coxeter: A Brief Tribute

      • Michele Emmer
      Pages 3-11

    3. Donald in Wonderland: The Many-Faceted Life of H. S. M. Coxeter

      • Siobhan Roberts, Asia Ivić Weiss
      Pages 13-28

  3. Mathematics and Images

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Vision and Reality: Empiricism and Geometry

      • Franco Ghione
      Pages 31-40

    3. Stars

      • Gian Marco Todesco
      Pages 41-50

  4. Mathematics and Venice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. An Arbritarily Small Epsilon: The Murrine of Venice and Murano

      • Giovanni Sarpellon
      Pages 53-69

  5. Mathematics and Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Mathematical Models for Meteorology

      • Elisabetta Cordero
      Pages 73-87

    3. The Mathematics in defense of the environment

      • Germana Peggion
      Pages 89-97

  6. Mathematics and Architecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. The Muqarnas Dome of the Hall of the Two Sisters in the Alhambra in Granada

      • Jean-Marc Castera
      Pages 101-110

    3. Mathland: From Topology to Virtual Architecture

      • Michele Emmer
      Pages 111-126

    4. Architecture as Topological Transformation

      • Giuseppa Di Cristina
      Pages 127-139

    5. The New ‘Parco della Musica’ Auditorium: Anatomy of a Mega-Project

      • Andrea Frova
      Pages 141-149

  7. Mathematics and Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Mathematics in ... : A Format for Mathematics Exhibits

      • Simonetta Di Sieno, Cristina Turrini
      Pages 153-166

    3. Learning Math Through the Arts

      • Angela Elster, Peggy Ward
      Pages 167-180
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“I mean the third”cried the old man taking up the geometry book. “Well, young lady…”and he bent over his daughter. The princess gazed with terror into her father's keen eyes. He, on his part, got angry – pushed away his chair, dragged it back with a cl- ter – trying all the while to control himself; then again he would break out and storm, and wish the whole thing to the devil. As ill-luck would have it, to-day again his daughter answered at random and wrongly. “What an idiot!”he exclaimed, flinging down the book. The he rose, walked up and down, came back and stroked his daughter's hair, sat down again, and began his explanation once more. “It does not do, princess, it does not do”, he said, seeing her rise to leave him with VII the book in her hand. “Mathematics is a noble science, and I do not want you to be just like all the silly young ladies one meets. Persevere and you will learn to like the work, and the dullness will be nocked out of your brain. ” These words were spoken by Prince Andrei Bolkonskij, who was talking to Princess Marja Bolokonskaja, his daughter. They are two of the protagonists of Lev Tolstoy’s War and Peace, finished in 1869.

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"The series collects together the proceedings of an annual conference on Mathematics and Culture held in Italy. … and they are well written. … There are … some very interesting pieces on some themes, and these will be of interest and use to those who wish to read about those particular themes. For this purpose, the books should be available at mathematical public libraries." (Gizem Karaali, MathDL, May, 2007)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Matematica “G. Castelnuovo”, Università degli Studi “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy, Roma, Italy

    Michele Emmer

About the editor

Michele Emmer is professor of Mathematics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". As a filmaker he has realized several videos in the series "Art and math", including the one on M.C. Escher. He is editor of the series "Mathematics and Culture", Springer, and "The Visual Mind", MIT press; he is author of a book coauthored by D. Schattschneider "M.C. Escher's Legacy", Springer, and author of "Mathland: from Flatland to Hypersufaces", Birkhäuser. He is one of the editors of the VideoMath series by Springer.

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