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100 Essential Things You Didn`t Know You Didnt Know about Math and the Arts
John D. Barrow
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Description for 100 Essential Things You Didn`t Know You Didnt Know about Math and the Arts
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 211 x 140. Weight in Grams: 250.
At first glance, the worlds of math and the arts might not seem like comfortable neighbors. But as mathematician John D. Barrow points out, they have a strong and natural affinity—after all, math is the study of all patterns, and the world of the arts is rich with pattern. Barrow whisks us through 100 thought-provoking and often whimsical intersections between math and many arts, from the golden ratios of Mondrian’s rectangles and the curious fractal-like nature of Pollock’s drip paintings to ballerinas’ gravity-defying leaps and the next generation of monkeys on typewriters tackling Shakespeare. For those of us with our ... Read more
At first glance, the worlds of math and the arts might not seem like comfortable neighbors. But as mathematician John D. Barrow points out, they have a strong and natural affinity—after all, math is the study of all patterns, and the world of the arts is rich with pattern. Barrow whisks us through 100 thought-provoking and often whimsical intersections between math and many arts, from the golden ratios of Mondrian’s rectangles and the curious fractal-like nature of Pollock’s drip paintings to ballerinas’ gravity-defying leaps and the next generation of monkeys on typewriters tackling Shakespeare. For those of us with our ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393352221
SKU
V9780393352221
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About John D. Barrow
John D. Barrow is professor of mathematical sciences and director of the Millennium Mathematics Project at Cambridge University, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is the best-selling author of many books on science and mathematics, including Mathletics: 100 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know about the World of Sports and 100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You ... Read more
Reviews for 100 Essential Things You Didn`t Know You Didnt Know about Math and the Arts
"One of the best popular science writers in the universe."
New York Journal of Books "[Barrow’s] approach opens the whole world to mathematical analysis. . . . Just as there is math in the arts, there is also an art to math."
Matthew Hutson - Washington Post
New York Journal of Books "[Barrow’s] approach opens the whole world to mathematical analysis. . . . Just as there is math in the arts, there is also an art to math."
Matthew Hutson - Washington Post