Mathematics and Culture II (PDF)

Creativity plays an important role in all human activities, from the visual arts to cinema and theatre, and in particular in science and mathematics .
This volume, published only in English in the series "Mathematics and Culture", stresses the strong links between mathematics, culture and creativity in architecture, contemporary art, geometry, computer graphics, literature, theatre and cinema. So this book is designed not only for mathematicians but for all the people who have an interest in the various aspects of culture, both scientific and literary, with a special emphasis on the visual aspects. TOC: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.