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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.
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MATHEMATICIANS: E. Giusti: Ennio De Giorgi Remembered.- M.Emmer, E. Agapito: X Day, the Greats of 20th Century Science: Ennio De Giorgi.- MATHEMATICS AND COMICS: M. Abate: Writing Mathematics in Comics.- Piero Bellini: Madmatics.- MATHEMATICS AND SECRET CODES: P. Lucchi: A 16th Century Cryptographic Treatise: Agostino Amadi's Zifre, from Humanistic Culture to the Culture of the Abacus.- M. li Calzi: Mathematics From War to Peace: Operations Research.- MATHEMATICS AND CINEMA: M.Emmer: Turing and the Enigma.- MATHEMATICS AND MEDICINE: C. Johnson: Computer Simulation and Visualisation.- A. Albini, U. Pfeffer: From Butterflies to Microchips: How Biology in the Third Millennium Aspires to Mathematics.- MATHEMATICS AND IMAGES: D. Hoffman: Mathematical Images and Images of Mathematics.- M.Emmer: A Beautiful Mind: a Film by Ron Howard, a Book by Sylvia Nasar.- MATHEMATICS AND APPLICATIONS: M. Primicerio: Mathematics and Industry.- D. Levi and M.G. Andreoli: Researching Viable Scientific Approaches to Marine Ecosystems.- MATHEMATICS AND ARCHITECTURE: M. Burry: Gaudi the Innovator.- MATHEMATICS AND THEATRE: L.Vigan My Galois.- MATHEMATICS AND POETRY: M.Emmer: Encounters.- Lament. The Botanical Gardens. Outside Newton's House (by Katharine Coles).- MATHEMATICS AND MYSTICISM: G.Israel: The Kabbalah and the Mysticism of Words.- MATHEMATICS IN THE OCEAN: N.Parolini, A.Quarteroni: When Mathematics Goes to Sea (in the America's Cup).- MATHEMATICS AND ESCHER: B. de Smit, H.W.Lenstra Jr.: The Mathematical Structure of Escher's Print Gallery.- M.Emmer: Animating M.C.Escher
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Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the America's Cup victory of the Swiss sail boat Alinghi, 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 do all these have in common? Mathematics, of course. Many recent films, plays and books have explored mathematical themes. This book, whose aim is the popularization of mathematics, comprises a series of accounts which demonstrate in these cultural contexts that mathematics is a vibrant and intriguing subject for the non-specialist. In the same spirit, other contributions cover mathematics in art, architecture, cryptography, and the medical and physical sciences.
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This book concerns comics and what was, in 2003, a developing tradition of Disney-style comic-strips. It also deals with the Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher. Several of his images can be seen in animated form. It also talks of theatre and cinema too. For example, Luca Vigan 's curious theatrical spectacle in Genoa about Evariste Galois. It talks about war and peace, ageless themes. All this and a tribute to the mathematician Ennio De Giorgi.