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Discovering patterns in mathematics and poetry / Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birken, Marcia.
- Series:
- Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 116.
- Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 0929-6999 ; 116
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
- Mathematics and literature.
- Pattern perception.
- Poetics.
- Word problems (Mathematics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- You are invited to join a fascinating journey of discovery, as Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon explore the intersecting patterns of mathematics and poetry — bringing the two fields together in a new way. Setting the tone with humor and illustrating each chapter with countless examples, Birken and Coon begin with patterns we can see, hear, and feel and then move to more complex patterns. Number systems and nursery rhymes lead to the Golden Mean and sestinas. Simple patterns of shape introduce tessellations and concrete poetry. Fractal geometry makes fractal poetry possible. Ultimately, patterns for the mind lead to questions: How do mathematicians and poets conceive of proof, paradox, and infinity? What role does analogy play in mathematical discovery and poetic expression? The book will be of special interest to readers who enjoy looking for connections across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Discovering Patterns in Mathematics and Poetry features centuries of creative work by mathematicians, poets, and artists, including Fibonacci, Albrecht Dürer, M. C. Escher, David Hilbert, Benoit Mandelbrot, William Shakespeare, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, E.E. Cummings, and many contemporary experimental poets. Original illustrations include digital photographs, mathematical and poetic models, and fractal imagery.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Counting Patterns
- Counting Patterns Take Form
- Patterns of Shape
- Fractal Patterns
- Patterns for the Mind
- Conclusion
- Permissions Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-205) and index.
- ISBN:
- 94-012-0561-2
- 1-4356-3310-5
- OCLC:
- 301680214
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789401205610 DOI
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