Mathematics and Culture IV - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540342540 ISBN 13: 9783540342540

Publisher: Springer, 2006

Synopsis

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 Vigaṇ'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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Mathematical themes have been explored in many recent films, plays and books. This volume, whose aim is the popularization of mathematics, contains a series of accounts which show 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.

Review:

From the reviews:

"The series collects together the proceedings of an annual conference on Mathematics and Culture held in Italy. ... and they are well written. ... There are ... some very interesting pieces on some themes, and these will be of interest and use to those who wish to read about those particular themes. For this purpose, the books should be available at mathematical public libraries." (Gizem Karaali, MathDL, May, 2007)

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3540342540
• ISBN 13: 9783540342540
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 261
• Editor: Emmer Michele