Bibliograph

Mathematics + art, a cultural history, Lynn Gamwell ; foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Type

Label

Mathematics + art, a cultural history, Lynn Gamwell ; foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 512-545) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mathematics + art

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

908083778

Responsibility statement

Lynn Gamwell ; foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Sub title

a cultural history

Summary

"This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking readers on a tour of the practice of mathematics and the philosophical ideas that drive the discipline, Lynn Gamwell points out the important ways mathematical concepts have been expressed by artists. Sumptuous illustrations of artworks and cogent math diagrams are featured in Gamwell's comprehensive exploration"--Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

Arithmetic and geometry -- Proportion -- Infinity -- Formalism -- Logic -- Intuitionism -- Symmetry -- Utopian visions after World War I -- The incompleteness of mathematics -- Computation -- Geometric abstraction after World War II -- Computers in mathematics and art -- Platonism in the postmodern era

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Mathematics and artMathematics plus art

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