Mathematics and Culture II: Visual Perfection: Mathematics and Creativity - Hardcover

 
9783540213680: Mathematics and Culture II: Visual Perfection: Mathematics and Creativity
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3540213686 ISBN 13: 9783540213680
Publisher: Springer, 2005

Synopsis

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 creativity in architecture, contemporary art, geometry, computer graphics, literature, theatre and cinema. So this book is designed not only for mathematicians but for all the people who have an interest in the various aspects of culture, both scientific and literary, with a special emphasis on the visual aspects.

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About the Author

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; "The Visual Mind", MIT press; with D.

Schattschneider "M.C. Escher's Legacy", Springer. Author of "Mathland: from

Flatland to Hypersufaces", Birkhauser

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3540213686
ISBN 13 
9783540213680
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
213
Editor
Emmer Michele