Mathematics and Culture II : Visual Perfection: Mathematics and Creativity

Creativity plays an important role in all human activities, from the visual arts to cinema and theatre, and in particular in science and mathematics . This volume, published only in English in the series "Mathematics and Culture", stresses the strong links between mathematics, culture and...

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Main Author: Emmer, Michele, 1945- (Editor)
Format: Livre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
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Edition sous un autre format:• Mathematics and culture II, Visual perfection : mathematics and creativity, [editor:] Michele Emmer, Berlin, Springer, 2005, 1 vol. (X-203 p.), 3-540-21368-6
Table of Contents:
  • Mathematics, Art and Architecture Mathematics, Art and Architecture From Tiling the Plane to Paving Town Square Mathematics in Contemporary Arts Finite and Infinity De Insana Geometria Ovals in Borromini s Geometry Fractals: A Resonance between Art and Nature Mathland From Topology to Virtual Architecture Visual Mathematics and Computer Graphics Introduction: Visual Mathematics and Computer Graphics Math Awareness Month 2000: An Interactive Experience Visual Topology and Variational Problems on Two-Dimensional Surfaces Metarealistic Rendering of Real-time Interactive Computer Animations Virtual Sculptures Publication of Electronic Geometry Models Trees, Roots and a Brain: A Metaphorical Foundation for Mathematical Art Mathematics, Literature and Cinema Mathematics, Literature and Cinema Euclid s Poetics: An examination of the similarity between narrative and proof The Rise of Narrative Non-Fiction Mathematics Takes Center Stage Mathematics and Raymond Queneau