Mathematics and Culture IV

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.

Mathematics highlight of general interest Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt
Mathematicians.- Ennio De Giorgi Remembered.- X Day, the Greats of 20th Century Science: Ennio De Giorgi.- Mathematics and Comics.- Writing Mathematics in Comics.- Madmatics.- Mathematics and Secret Codes.- A 16th Century Cryptographic Treatise: Agostino Amadi's Zifre, Between Humanistic Culture and Practical Mathematics.- Mathematics from War to Peace: Operations Research.- Mathematics and Cinema.- Turing and the Enigma.- Mathematics and Medicine.- Computer Simulation and Visualization.- From Butterflies to Microchips: How Biology in the Third Millennium Aspires to Mathematics.- Mathematics and Images.- Mathematical Images and the Image of Mathematics.- A Beautiful Mind: A Film by Ron Howard, a Book by Sylvia Nasar.- Mathematics and Applications.- Mathematics and Industry.- Researching Viable Scientific Approaches to Marine Ecosystems.- Mathematics and Architecture.- Gaudí Innovator.- Mathematics and Theatre.- My Galois.- Mathematics and Poetry.- Encounters.- Lament.- Mathematics and Mysticism.- The Kabbalah and the Mysticism of Words.- Mathematics in the Ocean.- When Mathematics Goes Sailing (in America's Cup).- Mathematics and Escher.- The Mathematical Structure of Escher's Print Gallery.- Animating M.C. Escher.