| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Arts -- Miscellanea.
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Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
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Arts -- Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
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| Added Title |
One hundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know about math and the arts |
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Hundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know about math and the arts |
| ISBN |
9780393246551 (hardback) |
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0393246558 (hardback) |
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