100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know about math and the arts / John D. Barrow.
"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...
Uniform Title: | 100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know about maths and the arts
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Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
2015.
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Edition: | First American edition. |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Variant Title: |
One hundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know about math and the arts.
Hundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know about math and the arts. |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
"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"--Dust jacket flap. |
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Note: | First published by Bodley Head in 2014 under the title 100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know about maths and the arts. |
Call Number: | NX180.M33 B37 2015 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780393246551 (hbk.) 0393246558 (hbk.) |