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Imagine math 2 : between culture and mathematics / / Michele Emmer, editor
| Imagine math 2 : between culture and mathematics / / Michele Emmer, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milan : , : Springer, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 262 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Social aspects
Mathematics and literature Mathematics in art |
| ISBN | 88-470-2889-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Exotic Spheres and John Milnor by M. Abate -- The Solitude of Last Words by C. Ambrosini -- From Pollock’s Summertime to Jacksontime by D. Amodio -- Spatial Rhythms in Cinema between the Avant-Garde and Entertainment by G.P. Brunetta -- Myrmedrome: Simulating the life of an Ant Colony by S. Cacace, E. Cristiani, D. D’Eustacchio -- From Canvas to Music: Mathematics as a Tool for the Composition of Jackson Time by C. de Fabritiis -- Gödel’s Childhood and Other Algorithms by V. Della Mea -- Lessons in Mathematics, at the Cinema by M. Emmer -- The Fascination of Numbers, between Music and Poetry by M. Emmer -- Numeri Malefici (Evil Numbers): Homage to Fabio Mauri by M. Emmer -- Extracting Information from Chaos: a Case in Climatological Analysis by F. Bonghi, R. Ferretti -- Morphogenesis and dynamical systems by S. Franceschelli -- Mathematics, Love, and Tattoos by E. Frenkel -- Alan Turing and the Poisoned Apple by M. Vincenzi -- Mathematics according to Italo Calvino by G. Lolli -- Alan M. Turing (1912-1954) by G. Lolli -- Empirical Evidence that the World Is Not a Computer by J.W. McAllister -- On the Tangible Boundary between Real and Virtual by A. Mondot -- Arithmétique by G. Munari -- The Mathematical Mind - Iconography of a Tension by P. Pagli -- The Wild Number Problem: Math or Fiction? by P. Schogt -- Fort Marghera and the French and Austrian Plans of Defence by M. Scroccaro -- L’art du Trait est l’Attrait de l’Art by S. Skaf -- Cellular Automata: the Game of Life by G.M. Todesco -- A Play at Dusk Mathematics in Literature by C. Toffalori. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437864703321 |
| Milan : , : Springer, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imagine Math 3 : Between Culture and Mathematics / / edited by Michele Emmer
| Imagine Math 3 : Between Culture and Mathematics / / edited by Michele Emmer |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathematics—Study and teaching Popular works Mathematics in Art and Architecture Mathematics Education Popular Science, general |
| ISBN | 3-319-01231-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Science Fiction, Art and the Fourth Dimension -- From Modernity to Immortality: Art and Mathematics in the Twenties -- Geometrical Models and Imaginations -- From Sinisgalli to Hiroshi Sugimoto -- Mathematical Narratives and the Surrealist Tradition -- Anxious Geometries -- Pasta By Design: The New Geometries of Pasta -- Photos, Objects and 3D Reconstructions -- Geometry, Numbers & Diagrams in the New York Art Scene around 1960 -- The Islands of Benoît Mandeblrot: On the relationship between abstract reasoning and visual imagination -- Fractals and Nervous System -- New Mathematics and Architecture -- In search of the Lost Roots -- Probabilities and Traps of Intuition -- Sand grains and Earthquakes -- Henry Moore and Strings -- Fluid Architecture -- Sagrada Familia -- Fragments of an Existentialist Mathematics -- Living numbers. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299779603321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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Imagine Math 6 : Between Culture and Mathematics / / edited by Michele Emmer, Marco Abate
| Imagine Math 6 : Between Culture and Mathematics / / edited by Michele Emmer, Marco Abate |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510.19 |
| Soggetto topico |
Applied mathematics
Engineering mathematics Architects Design Computer graphics Humanities Applications of Mathematics Design, general Computer Graphics Popular Science in Humanities / Arts |
| ISBN | 3-319-93949-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 M. Emmer, Zaha Hadid: Fluid and Topological Architecture -- 2 G. Racana, Zaha Hadid Architects: the Mathematics of Fluidity -- 3 M. Andreatta, A Mathematician at the MUSE, the Science Museum of Trento -- 4 F. Morgan, To Bring Math to the World, Start with Mathematicians -- 5 O. Pekonen, My Life in the Shape of Maupertuis -- 6 M. Andreatta, From Music to Mathematics and Backwards: Introducing Algebra, Topology and Category Theory into Computational Musicology -- 7 S. Pagano, Mathematics and Labyrinths in Twentieth Century’s Music -- 8 M. Abate, How to prevent Crimes using Earthquakes -- 9 M. Codegone, A Negativer Number as the Sum of All Natural Numbers -- 10 C. Falcolini, The Arch of Titus at the Circus Maximus in Rome: from mathematical models to virtual reconstruction -- 11 F. Morgan, The Space of Planar Soap Bubble Clusters -- 12 P. Rossi, Mathematics as a Social Language: a (Past and Present) Phenomenology -- 13 G. Bruno and M. Ciafrei, Balance in... Forms: The Dance of Design -- 14 A. Quarteroni, C. Vergara and M. Landajuela, Mathematical and Numerical Description of the Heart Function -- 15 G. M. Todesco, Weird Gears -- 16 A. Brigaglia, N. Palladino and M. A. Vaccaro, Historical Notes on Star Geometries in Mathematics, Art and Nature -- 17 C. Leopold, Pentagonal Structures, Structures as Impulse for Art -- 18 V. Moncorge, Mathematics, a Closer Look -- 19 A. Mouchet, Drowning by Numbers: Topology and Physics in Fluid Dynamics -- 20 M. Emmer, Alain Badiou: Eloges des Mathématiques -- 21 P. Magnaghi-Delfino and T. Norando, Luca Pacioli: Letters from Venice -- 22 R. Schiavi, Dante’s Underworld: Geometrical Structure of the Three Kingdoms of the Divine Comedy -- 23 S. Singh, The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets -- 24 E. Strickland, From Algebra to the Secrets of the Universe: the Fascinating Life of Mary Somerville. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300107903321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imagine math 7 : between culture and mathematics / / Michele Emmer, Marco Abate, editors
| Imagine math 7 : between culture and mathematics / / Michele Emmer, Marco Abate, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxv, 471 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 303.483 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Social aspects
Mathematics and literature Mathematics in motion pictures Engineering mathematics Computer graphics |
| ISBN | 3-030-42653-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Emmer M., Homage to Bauhaus -- Rottmann M., Paul’s Klee “Honey Writing”. Some reflections on the Relation of Automatism, Automation, Machines and Mathematics -- Strickland E., Maryam Mirzakhani: a Mathematical Polyglot -- Michele Emmer, From soap bubbles to fields medals -- Plutino A. and Rizzi A., Alternative Methods for Digital Contrast Restoration -- Bellotti S., Bottaro G., Plutino A., and Valsesia M., Mathematically-Based Algorithms for Film Digital Restoration -- Emmer M., Homage to Octavia Spencer -- Abate M., Geometric Origami -- Beber A., Origami Tasseletion: design peperfolded geometric patterns -- Leopold C., Geometric Concept of a Smooth Staircase – Sinus Stairs -- Mazzout-Mis M., Visconti A., Tahayori H. and Ceria M., Sublime Experience: new Strategies for measuring the aesthetic impact of sublime -- Saracco A., Mathematics in Disney comics -- Iori T., The Language of Structures -- Marchetti E. and Rossi Costa L., Mathematical Aspects of Leonardo’s Production in Milan -- Perano E. and Codegone M., A Mathematical Improvement of the Skate Curves -- Léblond-Levy J.M., Infinity in Physics -- Todesco G. M., Hyperbolic honeycomb -- Viganò L., Exploring Cybersecurity with Films and the Arts -- LiCalzi M., A Portrait of the Mathematical Tribe -- Chatirichvili O., Creation / Rapresentation / Transmission: Culture and/of Mathematicians’ Autobiographies -- Magrone P. and Gasca M., Mathematical Imagination and the Preparation of the Child for Science: Sparks from Mary Everest Boole -- Tognato C., Antanas Mockus and the Civil Role of a Mathematician -- Toscano M. and Vaccaro A.M., François Le Lionnais and the Oulipo – The Unexpected Role of Mathematics in Literature -- Joao Santos T., Local Estimates for Minimizers, Embodied Techniques and (self) re-presentations within Performance Art -- Bordainne C. and Mondot A., Acqua Alta -- Rudi Matematici (Clerico R., Fabbri P. and Ortenzio F.), A Supposedly Fun Thing We Would Do Again. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483481103321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imagine math 7 : between culture and mathematics / / Michele Emmer, Marco Abate, editors
| Imagine math 7 : between culture and mathematics / / Michele Emmer, Marco Abate, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxv, 471 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 303.483 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Social aspects
Mathematics and literature Mathematics in motion pictures Engineering mathematics Computer graphics |
| ISBN | 3-030-42653-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Emmer M., Homage to Bauhaus -- Rottmann M., Paul’s Klee “Honey Writing”. Some reflections on the Relation of Automatism, Automation, Machines and Mathematics -- Strickland E., Maryam Mirzakhani: a Mathematical Polyglot -- Michele Emmer, From soap bubbles to fields medals -- Plutino A. and Rizzi A., Alternative Methods for Digital Contrast Restoration -- Bellotti S., Bottaro G., Plutino A., and Valsesia M., Mathematically-Based Algorithms for Film Digital Restoration -- Emmer M., Homage to Octavia Spencer -- Abate M., Geometric Origami -- Beber A., Origami Tasseletion: design peperfolded geometric patterns -- Leopold C., Geometric Concept of a Smooth Staircase – Sinus Stairs -- Mazzout-Mis M., Visconti A., Tahayori H. and Ceria M., Sublime Experience: new Strategies for measuring the aesthetic impact of sublime -- Saracco A., Mathematics in Disney comics -- Iori T., The Language of Structures -- Marchetti E. and Rossi Costa L., Mathematical Aspects of Leonardo’s Production in Milan -- Perano E. and Codegone M., A Mathematical Improvement of the Skate Curves -- Léblond-Levy J.M., Infinity in Physics -- Todesco G. M., Hyperbolic honeycomb -- Viganò L., Exploring Cybersecurity with Films and the Arts -- LiCalzi M., A Portrait of the Mathematical Tribe -- Chatirichvili O., Creation / Rapresentation / Transmission: Culture and/of Mathematicians’ Autobiographies -- Magrone P. and Gasca M., Mathematical Imagination and the Preparation of the Child for Science: Sparks from Mary Everest Boole -- Tognato C., Antanas Mockus and the Civil Role of a Mathematician -- Toscano M. and Vaccaro A.M., François Le Lionnais and the Oulipo – The Unexpected Role of Mathematics in Literature -- Joao Santos T., Local Estimates for Minimizers, Embodied Techniques and (self) re-presentations within Performance Art -- Bordainne C. and Mondot A., Acqua Alta -- Rudi Matematici (Clerico R., Fabbri P. and Ortenzio F.), A Supposedly Fun Thing We Would Do Again. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996418190203316 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Imagine math 8 : dreaming Venice / / edited by Michele Emmer
| Imagine math 8 : dreaming Venice / / edited by Michele Emmer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (584 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathematics - Social aspects Matemàtica Condicions socials |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-030-92690-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Part I Homage to Mimmo Paladino -- 8 Works by Mimmo Paladino -- Mimmo Paladino -- Il Principio Della Prospettiva -- References -- Part II Dreaming in Venice -- Dreaming Venice -- References -- The Napoleonic Fresco in Palazzo Loredan, Thinkingof the Bicentennial -- MOSE: The Defence System to Safeguard Venice and Its Lagoon -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Venice Lagoon -- 3 A Wounded Lagoon -- 4 A Long Story -- 5 Defence from Floods: Mobile Barriers at the Lagoon Inlets -- 6 How Do the Barriers Work -- 7 Recent Times -- 8 Since 2006 a Comparison with Other Countries Involved in Coastal Defence -- Part III Art and Mathematics -- The Rise of Abstractionism: Art and Mathematics -- 1 ``Breaking the Ties with the Concrete and Tangible'' -- 2 Italian Mathematicians Contribute to Construct a European Culture -- 2.1 Felice Casorati -- 2.2 Eugenio Beltrami -- 3 From Edgard Degas to Shigefumi Mori -- References -- Aestheticizing an Einsteinian World: The Idea of Space-Time in Russian Literary Theory and in Art Criticism -- 1 The Chronotope in Literary Theory and Beyond: Bakhtin -- 2 The Icon as a Chronotope: Florensky -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Cagli, Olson, Coxeter -- References -- A Fault in the Order: Thoughts on Frayed Strings -- 1 Poems for Collapse from COVID -- 2 A Thread for Two -- The Multivalent Fourth Dimension and the Impact of Claude Bragdon's A Primer of Higher Space on Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Art -- References -- "Where Natural Law Holds No Sway": Geometrical Optics and Divine Light in Dante, Michelangelo, and Raphael -- 1 Dante and the Limits of Optics -- 2 Michelangelo and Raphael: Painted Light -- References -- On the Classification and Recording of Colours According to the Methods of the Painter Adolfo Ferraris: A Brief Note.
References -- Colored Figurative Tilings in Pre-Incan Textiles -- 1 Introduction and Preliminaries -- 2 Pattern A -- 3 Pattern B -- 4 Pattern C -- 5 Pattern D -- 6 Patterns a, b, c, and d Woven in Other Techniques -- 6.1 Pattern a -- 6.2 Pattern b -- 6.3 Pattern c -- 6.4 Pattern d -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- The Artistic (and Practical) Utility of Hyperspace -- 1 Hypercubes Tessellated -- 2 Planar Rotations -- 3 Slices Vs. Projections -- 4 Fat Topology -- 5 Quasicrystals -- 6 Something from Nothing -- 7 Shape Shifting in the 1970s -- Appendix 1 -- Bibliography -- From Vision to Perception: Chardin's Eighteenth Century Cultural and Scientific Approach to Painting (and Soap Bubbles) -- 1 Conclusion: From the Objective Sharp Vision to a Human Perceptive Experience -- References -- Part IV Architecture and Mathematics -- Andrea Palladio and Zaha Hadid -- 1 Palladio, Villa Malcontenta -- 2 Venezia, Mostra Internazionale Di Architettura, 2008 -- 3 Conclusions -- Addendum -- References -- Sergio Musmeci and the Calculation of the Form -- 1 The First Experiences -- 2 Networks of Beams -- 3 Equicompressed Minimal Surfaces -- 4 Equi-Stressed Surfaces -- 5 The Nameless Shape Bridge -- References -- Twenty Years of Il Giardino di Archimede -- Part V Design and Mathematics -- The Multifaceted Abraham Sharp -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Abraham Sharp's Life and Work -- 3 Sharp's Boxwood Polyhedra Models -- 4 The "Sharpohedron" -- 5 Conclusion: Sharp the Artist -- References -- Learning by Metadesigning -- 1 Introduction by Giordano Bruno -- 2 The Projects -- 2.1 Raphaël -- 2.2 Paròla -- 2.3 Ápeiron - ἄπεo -- 2.4 Koi -- 2.5 Caustics -- 2.6 Tangle -- 2.7 Mutaforma -- 2.8 / Dis-còrde / -- 2.9 Tensioni -- References -- Part VI Homage to Roger Penrose -- A Little Homage to Roger Penrose -- 1 M. C. Escher and Penrose -- 2 Penrose and Quasi-Crystals -- References. Part VII Mathematics and Physics -- Identity and Difference: How Topology Helps to Understand Quantum Indiscernibility -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Old Puzzles -- 3 Quantum Abandon of Individuality -- 4 Superpositions, Interferences and Phases -- 5 Feynman's Paths -- 6 Where the Topological Properties Come From -- 7 Permutations and Braids -- References -- Physics in a Small Bedroom -- 1 Physics Teaching and Research in the Time of the Covid Pandemic -- 2 Toying with Hard Spheres -- 3 Playing with Soft Bubbles -- 4 Colours Brighten up a Dull Day -- 5 Putting a Spin on the Lock-in -- 6 Return to the Lab -- References -- Part VIII Mathematics and Applications -- The Train of Artificial Intelligence -- 1 AI Is Everywhere -- 2 AI Origins and Developments -- 3 Machine Learning and Training -- 4 Looking for a Clapperboard via AI -- 4.1 Experiments -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Origami and Fractal Solutions of Differential Systems -- 1 A Mathematical Origami from the Analytic Point of View -- 2 The Fractal Nature of the Solutions of the Dirichlet Problem -- 3 A Strategy to Solve the Differential Problem -- 4 The Dirichlet Problem with Non-homogeneous Boundary Condition -- References -- The Tangled Allure of Recursion -- 1 Tower of Hanoi -- 2 Anagrams -- 3 Visual Recursion -- 4 Sierpiński Triangle -- 5 Natural Shapes -- 6 3D -- 7 Alexander's Horned Sphere -- References -- Desert Locusts: Can Mathematical Models Help to Control Them? -- 1 From Outbreaks to Plagues -- 2 Impacts -- 3 Current Situation -- 4 Controls/Programmes -- 5 Models and Data -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Part IX Literature and Mathematics -- Soul Searchin' -- 1 The Algebraic Playground -- Disclaimer -- Reference -- Geometric Metaphors and Linguistic Genealogy -- 1 Similarities and Differences Among Languages. 2 Trees and Waves in the Representation of the Relationships Between Languages: From the Discrete to the Continuous -- 3 Stairways, Chains, and Ropes: From the Continuous to the Discrete -- References -- A Mathematical Physicist in Hell -- 1 The Pure Tuscan Language -- 2 The Intervals Between the Skies -- 3 For a Few Reasons of Our Own -- 4 A Line That Leads Naturally Towards the Centre -- 5 In Search of the Size of a Giant -- 6 By Inviting Him to Press the Pace -- 7 …to Give Others the Opportunity to Interfere so Much More… -- Annex 1 The Volume of Hell -- Annex 2 Gravity in Hell -- References -- footlnk::333! -- Don't Tell Me the Cybersecurity Moon Is Shining… -- 1 Show, Don't Tell! -- 2 Show and Tell -- 3 Cybersecurity Show and Tell -- 3.1 ``Yes, I Am a Criminal. My Crime Is that of Curiosity. I Am a Hacker, and This Is My Manifesto.'' Hackers -- 3.2 ``I Have Said Enough to Convince You that Ciphers of This Nature Are Readily Soluble.'' TheGoldBug -- 3.3 ``I'm in a Secret Club.'' Peppa -- 3.4 ``I'm Spartacus!'' Spartacus -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Part X Music and Mathematics -- Sounds, Numbers and Other Fancies -- 1 Invisible Polyphony -- 2 Natural Counterpoint -- 3 Ghost Notes -- 4 Converging and Diverging Forms -- 5 Space Translation -- 6 Time -- References -- Euler and MusicMusing Euler's Identity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Euler and Music -- 3 Euler Seen by an Eighteenth-Century Musician -- 4 Musing the Euler Equation: From Equation to Counterpoint -- 5 Euler's Equation -- 6 The Number of Napier as a Musical Theme and Sine and Cosine as a Mutation of a Musical Canon -- Further Reading -- The Shapes of Violin -- 1 From Fidula to Violin -- 2 Echoes from Ancient World -- 3 The Elegance of Scroll -- 4 Straightedge and Compass Construction -- 5 Acoustic Surfaces -- 6 Conclusions -- Iconographic References -- References. Part XI Women and Mathematics -- Women, Academia, Math: An Ephemeral Golden Braid -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two Faces of an Old Problem: The Leaky Pipeline and the Glass Ceiling -- 3 A New Problem: The Glass Door -- 4 Good Practices and Affirmative Actions for the General Public -- References -- Women in Charge of Mathematics -- References -- Part XII Comics and Mathematics -- Without Title -- 2012 -2021: A Comics& -- Science Experience -- Is Math Useful? -- Introduction -- 1 Is Math Useful? -- 2 How Is Math Used in War Time? -- 3 How Can Pure Math be Useful? -- 3.1 Number Theory and Cryptography -- 3.1.1 Number Theory -- 3.1.2 Cryptography -- 3.1.3 Number Theory and Cryptography -- 3.2 Radon-Nikodym Antitransformation and Computed Axial Tomography -- 4 Why Politicians Should Know Math? -- 4.1 Education System in the US, Covid-19 Death Toll and Simpson's Paradox -- 5 How Do Politicians Use Math? -- 5.1 Paradoxes of Elections -- 6 Is Math Useful to Me? -- 7 Is Math Usefulness Relevant to Learners? -- 8 Is Math Popularization Useful?: A Math Popularizer's Apology -- Figures and acknowledgements -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996490347403316 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Imagine math 8 : dreaming Venice / / edited by Michele Emmer
| Imagine math 8 : dreaming Venice / / edited by Michele Emmer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (584 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathematics - Social aspects Matemàtica Condicions socials |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-030-92690-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Part I Homage to Mimmo Paladino -- 8 Works by Mimmo Paladino -- Mimmo Paladino -- Il Principio Della Prospettiva -- References -- Part II Dreaming in Venice -- Dreaming Venice -- References -- The Napoleonic Fresco in Palazzo Loredan, Thinkingof the Bicentennial -- MOSE: The Defence System to Safeguard Venice and Its Lagoon -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Venice Lagoon -- 3 A Wounded Lagoon -- 4 A Long Story -- 5 Defence from Floods: Mobile Barriers at the Lagoon Inlets -- 6 How Do the Barriers Work -- 7 Recent Times -- 8 Since 2006 a Comparison with Other Countries Involved in Coastal Defence -- Part III Art and Mathematics -- The Rise of Abstractionism: Art and Mathematics -- 1 ``Breaking the Ties with the Concrete and Tangible'' -- 2 Italian Mathematicians Contribute to Construct a European Culture -- 2.1 Felice Casorati -- 2.2 Eugenio Beltrami -- 3 From Edgard Degas to Shigefumi Mori -- References -- Aestheticizing an Einsteinian World: The Idea of Space-Time in Russian Literary Theory and in Art Criticism -- 1 The Chronotope in Literary Theory and Beyond: Bakhtin -- 2 The Icon as a Chronotope: Florensky -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Cagli, Olson, Coxeter -- References -- A Fault in the Order: Thoughts on Frayed Strings -- 1 Poems for Collapse from COVID -- 2 A Thread for Two -- The Multivalent Fourth Dimension and the Impact of Claude Bragdon's A Primer of Higher Space on Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Art -- References -- "Where Natural Law Holds No Sway": Geometrical Optics and Divine Light in Dante, Michelangelo, and Raphael -- 1 Dante and the Limits of Optics -- 2 Michelangelo and Raphael: Painted Light -- References -- On the Classification and Recording of Colours According to the Methods of the Painter Adolfo Ferraris: A Brief Note.
References -- Colored Figurative Tilings in Pre-Incan Textiles -- 1 Introduction and Preliminaries -- 2 Pattern A -- 3 Pattern B -- 4 Pattern C -- 5 Pattern D -- 6 Patterns a, b, c, and d Woven in Other Techniques -- 6.1 Pattern a -- 6.2 Pattern b -- 6.3 Pattern c -- 6.4 Pattern d -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- The Artistic (and Practical) Utility of Hyperspace -- 1 Hypercubes Tessellated -- 2 Planar Rotations -- 3 Slices Vs. Projections -- 4 Fat Topology -- 5 Quasicrystals -- 6 Something from Nothing -- 7 Shape Shifting in the 1970s -- Appendix 1 -- Bibliography -- From Vision to Perception: Chardin's Eighteenth Century Cultural and Scientific Approach to Painting (and Soap Bubbles) -- 1 Conclusion: From the Objective Sharp Vision to a Human Perceptive Experience -- References -- Part IV Architecture and Mathematics -- Andrea Palladio and Zaha Hadid -- 1 Palladio, Villa Malcontenta -- 2 Venezia, Mostra Internazionale Di Architettura, 2008 -- 3 Conclusions -- Addendum -- References -- Sergio Musmeci and the Calculation of the Form -- 1 The First Experiences -- 2 Networks of Beams -- 3 Equicompressed Minimal Surfaces -- 4 Equi-Stressed Surfaces -- 5 The Nameless Shape Bridge -- References -- Twenty Years of Il Giardino di Archimede -- Part V Design and Mathematics -- The Multifaceted Abraham Sharp -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Abraham Sharp's Life and Work -- 3 Sharp's Boxwood Polyhedra Models -- 4 The "Sharpohedron" -- 5 Conclusion: Sharp the Artist -- References -- Learning by Metadesigning -- 1 Introduction by Giordano Bruno -- 2 The Projects -- 2.1 Raphaël -- 2.2 Paròla -- 2.3 Ápeiron - ἄπεo -- 2.4 Koi -- 2.5 Caustics -- 2.6 Tangle -- 2.7 Mutaforma -- 2.8 / Dis-còrde / -- 2.9 Tensioni -- References -- Part VI Homage to Roger Penrose -- A Little Homage to Roger Penrose -- 1 M. C. Escher and Penrose -- 2 Penrose and Quasi-Crystals -- References. Part VII Mathematics and Physics -- Identity and Difference: How Topology Helps to Understand Quantum Indiscernibility -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Old Puzzles -- 3 Quantum Abandon of Individuality -- 4 Superpositions, Interferences and Phases -- 5 Feynman's Paths -- 6 Where the Topological Properties Come From -- 7 Permutations and Braids -- References -- Physics in a Small Bedroom -- 1 Physics Teaching and Research in the Time of the Covid Pandemic -- 2 Toying with Hard Spheres -- 3 Playing with Soft Bubbles -- 4 Colours Brighten up a Dull Day -- 5 Putting a Spin on the Lock-in -- 6 Return to the Lab -- References -- Part VIII Mathematics and Applications -- The Train of Artificial Intelligence -- 1 AI Is Everywhere -- 2 AI Origins and Developments -- 3 Machine Learning and Training -- 4 Looking for a Clapperboard via AI -- 4.1 Experiments -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Origami and Fractal Solutions of Differential Systems -- 1 A Mathematical Origami from the Analytic Point of View -- 2 The Fractal Nature of the Solutions of the Dirichlet Problem -- 3 A Strategy to Solve the Differential Problem -- 4 The Dirichlet Problem with Non-homogeneous Boundary Condition -- References -- The Tangled Allure of Recursion -- 1 Tower of Hanoi -- 2 Anagrams -- 3 Visual Recursion -- 4 Sierpiński Triangle -- 5 Natural Shapes -- 6 3D -- 7 Alexander's Horned Sphere -- References -- Desert Locusts: Can Mathematical Models Help to Control Them? -- 1 From Outbreaks to Plagues -- 2 Impacts -- 3 Current Situation -- 4 Controls/Programmes -- 5 Models and Data -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Part IX Literature and Mathematics -- Soul Searchin' -- 1 The Algebraic Playground -- Disclaimer -- Reference -- Geometric Metaphors and Linguistic Genealogy -- 1 Similarities and Differences Among Languages. 2 Trees and Waves in the Representation of the Relationships Between Languages: From the Discrete to the Continuous -- 3 Stairways, Chains, and Ropes: From the Continuous to the Discrete -- References -- A Mathematical Physicist in Hell -- 1 The Pure Tuscan Language -- 2 The Intervals Between the Skies -- 3 For a Few Reasons of Our Own -- 4 A Line That Leads Naturally Towards the Centre -- 5 In Search of the Size of a Giant -- 6 By Inviting Him to Press the Pace -- 7 …to Give Others the Opportunity to Interfere so Much More… -- Annex 1 The Volume of Hell -- Annex 2 Gravity in Hell -- References -- footlnk::333! -- Don't Tell Me the Cybersecurity Moon Is Shining… -- 1 Show, Don't Tell! -- 2 Show and Tell -- 3 Cybersecurity Show and Tell -- 3.1 ``Yes, I Am a Criminal. My Crime Is that of Curiosity. I Am a Hacker, and This Is My Manifesto.'' Hackers -- 3.2 ``I Have Said Enough to Convince You that Ciphers of This Nature Are Readily Soluble.'' TheGoldBug -- 3.3 ``I'm in a Secret Club.'' Peppa -- 3.4 ``I'm Spartacus!'' Spartacus -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Part X Music and Mathematics -- Sounds, Numbers and Other Fancies -- 1 Invisible Polyphony -- 2 Natural Counterpoint -- 3 Ghost Notes -- 4 Converging and Diverging Forms -- 5 Space Translation -- 6 Time -- References -- Euler and MusicMusing Euler's Identity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Euler and Music -- 3 Euler Seen by an Eighteenth-Century Musician -- 4 Musing the Euler Equation: From Equation to Counterpoint -- 5 Euler's Equation -- 6 The Number of Napier as a Musical Theme and Sine and Cosine as a Mutation of a Musical Canon -- Further Reading -- The Shapes of Violin -- 1 From Fidula to Violin -- 2 Echoes from Ancient World -- 3 The Elegance of Scroll -- 4 Straightedge and Compass Construction -- 5 Acoustic Surfaces -- 6 Conclusions -- Iconographic References -- References. Part XI Women and Mathematics -- Women, Academia, Math: An Ephemeral Golden Braid -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two Faces of an Old Problem: The Leaky Pipeline and the Glass Ceiling -- 3 A New Problem: The Glass Door -- 4 Good Practices and Affirmative Actions for the General Public -- References -- Women in Charge of Mathematics -- References -- Part XII Comics and Mathematics -- Without Title -- 2012 -2021: A Comics& -- Science Experience -- Is Math Useful? -- Introduction -- 1 Is Math Useful? -- 2 How Is Math Used in War Time? -- 3 How Can Pure Math be Useful? -- 3.1 Number Theory and Cryptography -- 3.1.1 Number Theory -- 3.1.2 Cryptography -- 3.1.3 Number Theory and Cryptography -- 3.2 Radon-Nikodym Antitransformation and Computed Axial Tomography -- 4 Why Politicians Should Know Math? -- 4.1 Education System in the US, Covid-19 Death Toll and Simpson's Paradox -- 5 How Do Politicians Use Math? -- 5.1 Paradoxes of Elections -- 6 Is Math Useful to Me? -- 7 Is Math Usefulness Relevant to Learners? -- 8 Is Math Popularization Useful?: A Math Popularizer's Apology -- Figures and acknowledgements -- References. |
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Matematica e cultura 2005 / / edited by Michele Emmer
| Matematica e cultura 2005 / / edited by Michele Emmer |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2005.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Collana | Matematica e cultura |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular works
Mathematics Applied mathematics Engineering mathematics Popular Science, general Mathematics, general Applications of Mathematics |
| ISBN |
1-281-34939-9
9786611349394 88-470-0360-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Nota di contenuto | omaggio a Coxeter -- H.S.M. Coxeter: un breve omaggio -- Donald nel paese delle meraviglie: le varie sfaccettature della vita di H.S.M. Coxeter -- matematica e immagini -- Visioni e realtà. Empiria e geometria -- Stelle -- matematica e Venezia -- Un epsilon piccolo a piacere: le murrine veneziane e muranesi -- matematica e applicazioni -- Modelli matematici per la meteorologia -- La matematica in difesa dell’ambiente -- matematica e architettura -- La cupola a mouqarnas della sala delle due sorelle dell’Alhambra di Granada -- MATHLAND Dalla topologia all’architettura virtuale -- Architettura come topologia della trasformazione -- Nuovo Auditorium di S. Cecilia, anatomia di una megaopera -- matematica e educazione -- Matematica a ... Un format per mostre di matematica -- Imparare la matematica attraverso l’arte -- matematica e medicina -- La matematica nel sangue -- L’HIV/AIDS, l’agricoltura e la sicurezza alimentare in Africa -- L’uso di modelli matematici per la diffusione dell’AIDS nell’Africa sub-Sahariana -- matematica e moda -- Astrazione e concretezza, rigore ed eleganza -- matematica e arte -- Verso un’estetica matematica -- Alla ricerca di arte frattale che riduce lo stress: da Jackson Pollock a Frank Gehry -- Un maestro americano: Jackson Pollock, 1930–1949 Mito e realtà -- Armando Pizzinato -- Armando Pizzinato, una avventura espressiva del XX secolo -- matematica e teatro -- Bustric raccontato da Bustric. |
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matematica e cultura 2006 / / edited by Michele Emmer
| matematica e cultura 2006 / / edited by Michele Emmer |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Collana | Matematica e cultura |
| Soggetto topico |
Applied mathematics
Engineering mathematics Mathematics Visualization Popular works Applications of Mathematics Popular Science, general |
| ISBN |
1-281-11498-7
9786611114985 88-470-0465-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Nota di contenuto | omaggio a Mario Merz -- Per Mario Merz -- L’Eclissi -- Merz e Fibonacci, proliferazioni vitali tra matematica e arte contemporanea -- Il cinema secondo Fibonacci -- matematica e immagini -- PDEs, Images and Videotapes -- Matematica in volo con Solar Impulse -- matematica e felicità -- Il gioco delle coppie -- matematica e psicanalisi -- Una matematica per la psicanalisi. L’intuizionismo di Brouwer da Cartesio a Lacan -- matematica e applicazioni -- Motori di Ricerca Web e specchi della Società -- Matematica e cellule: brevi racconti tra chemiotassi, neuroni e qualche divagazione -- Coincidenze “sorprendenti” ed alcuni malintesi su eventi “rari” -- Matematica e design -- Il pesce quadrato -- Il quadrato: omaggio a Bruno Munari -- Matematica e cartoon -- Évariste et Héloïse -- Matematica e cartoni animati -- Matematica e arte -- Astrazione -- Il linguaggio di Mondrian: ricerche algoritmiche e assiomatiche -- Natura-Matematica. Un linguaggio operativo -- matematica e parole -- Un divertissement in prima serata -- Un saggio su Ramanujan -- Maat e Talia -- matematica e cinema -- Assioma 5: un film scientifico, mistico, storico -- matematica e vino -- Matematica e vino -- omaggio ad Alfred Döblin e Vincent Doeblin -- Doeblin e Kolmogorov: la matematizzazione della probabilità negli anni trenta -- Wolfgang Doeblin, l’equazione di Kolmogoroff -- Venezia -- Le maschere veneziane -- Venezia e Marco Polo -- In Venezia, dentro la sua grande storia -- Raccontare meraviglie alla scoperta dell’America. |
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Matematica e cultura 2007 / / a cure di Michele Emmer
| Matematica e cultura 2007 / / a cure di Michele Emmer |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Collana | Matematica e Cultura |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathematics - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-281-34485-0
9786611344856 88-470-0631-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Nota di contenuto | Il primo numero -- Il primo numero -- matematica e infinito -- L’idea di infinito: osservazioni storiche e filosofiche -- Lo strano concetto di punto materiale -- matematica, forme e architettura -- Dai radiolari ai vasi di Gallé -- L’architettura delle bolle di sapone -- Topologia e spazio storico: il museo del mondo ellenico, Atene -- Un politopo pubblico a Venezia -- Una bolla a quattro dimensioni -- matematica e giocattoli -- Tecnologia, matematica e la cultura dei bambini -- matematica e arte -- In cammino verso l’autenticazione digitale -- Simmetrie fronte-retro in manufatti tessili del periodo pre-Inca -- Cosmogonie -- matematica e psichiatria -- La mente matematica -- matematica e fumetto -- Matematica e narrativa -- matematica e musica -- Il cambiamento di paradigmi nella relazione tra matematica e musica tra il tardo Medioevo e il Rinascimento -- Simple mapping e la dimensione estetica -- La metafora nella matematica e nel suono -- matematica e applicazioni -- L’acchiapparella ed altri giochi (differenziali) -- Il girasole di Fibonacci -- I modelli matematici per la previsione meteorologica -- matematica e medicina -- Evoluzione dell’istopatologia: da flatlandia a una visione a tre dimensioni -- matematica, Cina e Giappone -- Matteo Ricci: un gesuita matematico alla corte dei Ming -- La proporzione e la dimensione della mente: il giardino zen del Ry?an-ji, Ky?to -- matematica e teatro -- Star Messengers e Delicious Rivers: rappresentare concetti matematici a teatro -- omaggio a Peter Greenaway -- Sembrerebbe che una tale magia potesse accadere soltanto a Venezia -- Senza titolo -- 92 drawings of water -- Matematica e cultura dieci anni dopo: un bilancio. |
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