Wentworth
Institute of Technology
Mathematics + art : a cultural history /
"This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking readers on a tour of the practice of mathemat...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
[2016]
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| Summary: | "This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking readers on a tour of the practice of mathematics and the philosophical ideas that drive the discipline, Lynn Gamwell points out the important ways mathematical concepts have been expressed by artists. Sumptuous illustrations of artworks and cogent math diagrams are featured in Gamwell's comprehensive exploration." -- |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 556 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 512-545) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691165288 0691165289 |