100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Math and the Arts: 100 Essential Connections Between Math and the Arts - Tapa dura

Barrow, John D.

 
9780393246551: 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Math and the Arts: 100 Essential Connections Between Math and the Arts
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ISBN 10: 0393246558 ISBN 13: 9780393246551
Editorial: W W NORTON & CO, 2015

Sinopsis

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 feet planted more firmly on the ground, Barrow also wields everyday equations to reveal how many guards are needed in an art gallery or where you should stand to look at sculptures. From music and drama to literature and the visual arts, Barrow’s witty and accessible observations are sure to spark the imaginations of math nerds and art aficionados alike.

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[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

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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 feet planted more firmly on the ground, Barrow also wields everyday equations to reveal how many guards are needed in an art gallery or where you should stand to look at sculptures. From music and drama to literature and the visual arts, Barrow’s witty and accessible observations are sure to spark the imaginations of math nerds and art aficionados alike.

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Editorial
W W NORTON & CO
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393246558
ISBN 13 
9780393246551
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
320
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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