Mathematical Events of the Twentieth Century - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mathematical Events of the Twentieth Century write by Vladimir I. Arnold. This book was released on 2010-02-12. Mathematical Events of the Twentieth Century available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book contains several contributions on the most outstanding events in the development of twentieth century mathematics, representing a wide variety of specialities in which Russian and Soviet mathematicians played a considerable role. The articles are written in an informal style, from mathematical philosophy to the description of the development of ideas, personal memories and give a unique account of personal meetings with famous representatives of twentieth century mathematics who exerted great influence in its development. This book will be of great interest to mathematicians, who will enjoy seeing their own specialities described with some historical perspective. Historians will read it with the same motive, and perhaps also to select topics for future investigation.
Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature & Art
Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature & Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature & Art write by Robert Tubbs. This book was released on 2014-07-03. Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature & Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author of What Is a Number? examines the relationship between mathematics and art and literature of the 20th century. During the twentieth century, many artists and writers turned to abstract mathematical ideas to help them realize their aesthetic ambitions. Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and, perhaps most famously, Piet Mondrian used principles of mathematics in their work. Was it coincidence, or were these artists following their instincts, which were ruled by mathematical underpinnings, such as optimal solutions for filling a space? If math exists within visual art, can it be found within literary pursuits? In short, just what is the relationship between mathematics and the creative arts? In this exploration of mathematical ideas in art and literature, Robert Tubbs argues that the links are much stronger than previously imagined and exceed both coincidence and commonality of purpose. Not only does he argue that mathematical ideas guided the aesthetic visions of many twentieth-century artists and writers, Tubbs further asserts that artists and writers used math in their creative processes even though they seemed to have no affinity for mathematical thinking. In the end, Tubbs makes the case that art can be better appreciated when the math that inspired it is better understood. An insightful tour of the great masters of the last century and an argument that challenges long-held paradigms, this book will appeal to mathematicians, humanists, and artists, as well as instructors teaching the connections among math, literature, and art. “Though the content of Tubbs’s book is challenging, it is also accessible and should interest many on both sides of the perceived divide between mathematics and the arts.” —Choice
Mathematical Lives
Mathematical Lives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mathematical Lives write by CLAUDIO BARTOCCI. This book was released on 2010-10-01. Mathematical Lives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Steps forward in mathematics often reverberate in other scientific disciplines, and give rise to innovative conceptual developments or find surprising technological applications. This volume brings to the forefront some of the proponents of the mathematics of the twentieth century, who have put at our disposal new and powerful instruments for investigating the reality around us. The portraits present people who have impressive charisma and wide-ranging cultural interests, who are passionate about defending the importance of their own research, are sensitive to beauty, and attentive to the social and political problems of their times. What we have sought to document is mathematics’ central position in the culture of our day. Space has been made not only for the great mathematicians but also for literary texts, including contributions by two apparent interlopers, Robert Musil and Raymond Queneau, for whom mathematical concepts represented a valuable tool for resolving the struggle between ‘soul and precision.’
Mathematics in Historical Context
Mathematics in Historical Context - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mathematics in Historical Context write by Jeff Suzuki. This book was released on 2009-08-27. Mathematics in Historical Context available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An exploration of the interaction between mathematics, mathematicians and society. What would Newton see if he looked out his window?
What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences
What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences write by Barry Cipra. This book was released on . What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mathematicians like to point out that mathematics is universal. In spite of this, most people continue to view it as either mundane (balancing a checkbook) or mysterious (cryptography). This fifth volume of the What's Happening series contradicts that view by showing that mathematics is indeed found everywhere-in science, art, history, and our everyday lives. Here is some of what you'll find in this volume: Mathematics and Science Mathematical biology: Mathematics was key tocracking the genetic code. Now, new mathematics is needed to understand the three-dimensional structure of the proteins produced from that code. Celestial mechanics and cosmology: New methods have revealed a multitude of solutions to the three-body problem. And other new work may answer one of cosmology'smost fundamental questions: What is the size and shape of the universe? Mathematics and Everyday Life Traffic jams: New models are helping researchers understand where traffic jams come from-and maybe what to do about them! Small worlds: Researchers have found a short distance from theory to applications in the study of small world networks. Elegance in Mathematics Beyond Fermat's Last Theorem: Number theorists are reaching higher ground after Wiles' astounding 1994 proof: new developments inthe elegant world of elliptic curves and modular functions. The Millennium Prize Problems: The Clay Mathematics Institute has offered a million dollars for solutions to seven important and difficult unsolved problems. These are just some of the topics of current interest that are covered in thislatest volume of What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences. The book has broad appeal for a wide spectrum of mathematicians and scientists, from high school students through advanced-level graduates and researchers.
