Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeM. Emmer: Introduction.- Part I: Mathematics, Art and Architecture: M. Emmer: Introduction to this part; Judith Flagg and Kim Williams: From Tiling the Plane to Paving Town Square; Dietmar Guderian: Mathematics in Contemporary Arts - Finite and Infinity; Achille Perilli: De Insana Geometria; Michea Simona: Ovals in Borromini's Geometry; Richard Taylor: Fractals: A Resonance Between Art And Nature.- Part II: Visual Mathematics and Computer Graphics: M. Emmer: Introduction to this part; Thomas Banchoof and David Cervone: Math Awareness Month 2000: An Interactive Experience; Anatoly Fomenko, Alexandr Ivanov: Visual Topology and Variational Problems on Two-dimensional Surfaces; George Francis: Metarealistic Rendering of Real-time Interactive Computer Animations; Herbert Franke: Virtual Sculpture; Konrad Polthier: Publication of Electronic Geometry Models; John Sims: Trees, Roots and Brains: Constructing a Narrative Based Mathematical Art.- Part III: Mathematics, Literature and Cinema: M. Emmer: Introduction to this part; Apostolos Doxiadis; Simon Singh; Robert Osserman: Mathematics on Stage; James MacAllister: Mathematics and Beauty.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
M. Emmer: Introduction.- Part I: Mathematics, Art and Architecture: M. Emmer: Introduction to this part; Judith Flagg and Kim Williams: From Tiling the Plane to Paving Town Square; Dietmar Guderian: Mathematics in Contemporary Arts - Finite and Infinity; Achille Perilli: De Insana Geometria; Michea Simona: Ovals in Borromini''s Geometry; Richard Taylor: Fractals: A Resonance Between Art And Nature.- Part II: Visual Mathematics and Computer Graphics: M. Emmer: Introduction to this part; Thomas Banchoof and David Cervone: Math Awareness Month 2000: An Interactive Experience; Anatoly Fomenko, Alexandr Ivanov: Visual Topology and Variational Problems on Two-dimensional Surfaces; George Francis: Metarealistic Rendering of Real-time Interactive Computer Animations; Herbert Franke: Virtual Sculpture; Konrad Polthier: Publication of Electronic Geometry Models; John Sims: Trees, Roots and Brains: Constructing a Narrative Based Mathematical Art.- Part III: Mathematics, Literature and Cinema: M. Emmer: Introduction to this part; Apostolos Doxiadis; Simon Singh; Robert Osserman: Mathematics on Stage; James MacAllister: Mathematics and Beauty.
Autorenporträt
Michele Emmer is professor of Mathematics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". As a filmaker he has realized several videos in the series "Art and math", including the one on M.C. Escher. He is editor of the series "Mathematics and Culture", Springer; "The Visual Mind", MIT press; with D. Schattschneider "M.C. Escher's Legacy", Springer. Author of "Mathland: from Flatland to Hypersufaces", Birkhauser
