Mathematics and Culture V
This volume of the "Mathematics and Culture" series is dedicated to Italian artist Armando Pizzicato. The work of Pollock is also discussed, thanks to the collaboration of the Venice Guggenheim Collection. Mathematics creates beauty in architecture, from topology to the projects of Gehry a...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2007, 2007
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Homage to Coxeter
- H. M. S. Coxeter: A Brief Tribute
- Donald in Wonderland: The Many-Faceted Life of H. S. M. Coxeter
- Mathematics and Images
- Vision and Reality: Empiricism and Geometry
- Stars
- Mathematics and Venice
- An Arbritarily Small Epsilon: The Murrine of Venice and Murano
- Mathematics and Applications
- Mathematical Models for Meteorology
- The Mathematics in defense of the environment
- Mathematics and Architecture
- The Muqarnas Dome of the Hall of the Two Sisters in the Alhambra in Granada
- Mathland: From Topology to Virtual Architecture
- Architecture as Topological Transformation
- The New ‘Parco della Musica’ Auditorium: Anatomy of a Mega-Project
- Mathematics and Education
- Mathematics in ... : A Format for Mathematics Exhibits
- Learning Math Through the Arts
- Mathematics and Medicine
- Mathematics in the Blood
- HIV/AIDS, Agriculture and Food Security in Africa
- The Use of Mathematical Models for the Spread of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Mathematics and Fashion
- Abstraction and Concreteness, Rigour and Elegance
- Mathematics and Art
- Towards Mathematical Aesthetics
- The Search for Stress-reducing Fractal Art: From Jackson Pollock to Frank Gehry
- Armando Pizzinato
- Armando Pizzinato
- Armando Pizzinato: A Twentieth-Century Adventure in Expression
- Mathematics and Theatre
- Bustric Recounts Bustric