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Michele (Hrsg.) Emmer

Mathematics and Culture V

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This volume of the Mathematics and Culture series is dedicated to Italian artist Armando Pizzicato. The work of Pollock is also discussed, thanks to the collaboration of the Venice Guggenheim Collection. Mathematics creates beauty in architecture, from topology to the projects of Gehry and Piano to the muqarnas of Islam. The fourth dimension is made visible in these pages.But mathematics can save lives as well. Mathematical models can fight against cancer and AIDS, prevent their spread and intervene in their cure.Mathematics can also be used to protect the environment. In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, the discussion… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-3-540-34277-9
  • EAN: 9783540342779
  • Produktnummer: 2467283
  • Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 292 S.
  • Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.1 cm 606 g
  • Auflage: 2007
  • Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 606

Über den Autor


Michele Emmer is professor of Mathematics at the University of Rome La Sapienza. As a filmaker he has realized several videos in the series Art and math, including the one on M.C. Escher. He is editor of the series Mathematics and Culture, Springer, and The Visual Mind, MIT press; he is author of a book coauthored by D. Schattschneider M.C. Escher's Legacy, Springer, and author of Mathland: from Flatland to Hypersufaces, Birkhäuser. He is one of the editors of the VideoMath series by Springer.

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