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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Mathematicians
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Front Matter
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Mathematics and Comics
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Front Matter
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Mathematics and Secret Codes
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Front Matter
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Mathematics and Cinema
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Front Matter
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Mathematics and Medicine
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Mathematics and Images
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Mathematics and Applications
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About this book
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.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"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
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Dipartimento di Matematica “G. Castelnuovo”, Università degli Studi “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy, Roma, Italy
Michele Emmer
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mathematics and Culture IV
Editors: Michele Emmer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34255-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-34254-0Published: 12 December 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50046-0Published: 23 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 253
Additional Information: Original Italian edition published by Springer-Verlag Italia, Milano, 2004
Topics: Visualization, Applications of Mathematics, History of Mathematical Sciences, Popular Science, general