Mathematics, a Beautiful Elsewhere [With CD (Audio)] - Hardcover

Bourguignon, Jean-Pierre; Casse, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500970300 ISBN 13: 9780500970300

Verlag: THAMES & HUDSON, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Published to accompany an exhibition by the same name, this book brings together mathematicians and major contemporary artists to brainstorm about how their disciplines intersect. The exhibition and the book seek to combine the aesthetic, scientific,and educational aspects of mathematics into one unique experience.The six mathematicians Sir Michael Atiyah, Alain Connes, Nicole El Karoui, Mikhail Gromov, Cédric Villani, and Don Zagier represent a range of geographical backgrounds and mathematical disciplines. The artists collaborating with them are Raymond Depardon, Cai Guo-Qiang, David Lynch, and Hiroshi Sugimoto. Together they have come up with specially and aesthetically designed ways to exhibit mathematics, to unveil the beauty and visionary insights of this discipline.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: THAMES & HUDSON
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0500970300
• ISBN 13: 9780500970300
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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