Imagine Math 6 Between Culture and Mathematics

Imagine mathematics, imagine with the help of mathematics, imagine new worlds, new geometries, new forms. Imagine building mathematical models that make it possible to manage our world better, imagine combining music, art, poetry, literature, architecture and cinema with mathematics. Imagine the unp...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Emmer, Michele (Editor), Abate, Marco (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 M. Emmer, Zaha Hadid: Fluid and Topological Architecture
  • 2 G. Racana, Zaha Hadid Architects: the Mathematics of Fluidity
  • 3 M. Andreatta, A Mathematician at the MUSE, the Science Museum of Trento
  • 4 F. Morgan, To Bring Math to the World, Start with Mathematicians
  • 5 O. Pekonen, My Life in the Shape of Maupertuis
  • 6 M. Andreatta, From Music to Mathematics and Backwards: Introducing Algebra, Topology and Category Theory into Computational Musicology
  • 7 S. Pagano, Mathematics and Labyrinths in Twentieth Century’s Music
  • 8 M. Abate, How to prevent Crimes using Earthquakes
  • 9 M. Codegone, A Negativer Number as the Sum of All Natural Numbers
  • 10 C. Falcolini, The Arch of Titus at the Circus Maximus in Rome: from mathematical models to virtual reconstruction
  • 11 F. Morgan, The Space of Planar Soap Bubble Clusters
  • 12 P. Rossi, Mathematics as a Social Language: a (Past and Present) Phenomenology
  • 13 G. Bruno and M. Ciafrei, Balance in... Forms: The Dance of Design
  • 14 A. Quarteroni, C. Vergara and M. Landajuela, Mathematical and Numerical Description of the Heart Function
  • 15 G. M. Todesco, Weird Gears
  • 16 A. Brigaglia, N. Palladino and M. A. Vaccaro, Historical Notes on Star Geometries in Mathematics, Art and Nature
  • 17 C. Leopold, Pentagonal Structures, Structures as Impulse for Art
  • 18 V. Moncorge, Mathematics, a Closer Look
  • 19 A. Mouchet, Drowning by Numbers: Topology and Physics in Fluid Dynamics
  • 20 M. Emmer, Alain Badiou: Eloges des Mathématiques
  • 21 P. Magnaghi-Delfino and T. Norando, Luca Pacioli: Letters from Venice
  • 22 R. Schiavi, Dante’s Underworld: Geometrical Structure of the Three Kingdoms of the Divine Comedy
  • 23 S. Singh, The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
  • 24 E. Strickland, From Algebra to the Secrets of the Universe: the Fascinating Life of Mary Somerville