01289nam a2200217   4500008004100000020001800041037002600059041001200085082001300097100002000110245008200130250000600212260003400218300000800252500062800260650003600888650003000924650004500954650003200999650004001031260207b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781847922311  cGiftednIssac D. Paul  aEnglish  a510bBAR  aBarrow, John D.  a100 ESSENTIAL THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MATHS AND THE ARTS  a1  aLondonbThe Bobley Headc2014  g301  aAt first glance, the worlds of math and the arts might not seem like comfortable neighbors. But as mathematician John D. Barrow points out, they have a strong and natural affinity--after all, math is the study of all patterns, and the world of the arts is rich with pattern. Barrow whisks us through 100 thought-provoking and often whimsical intersections between math and many arts, from the golden ratios of Mondrian's rectangles and the curious fractal-like nature of Pollock's drip paintings to ballerinas' gravity-defying leaps and the next generation of monkeys on typewriters tackling Shakespeare"--Dust jacket flap.  aMathematics — Popular works.   a Mathematics and science.  aMathematical models — Popular works.    aMathematics — Philosophy.  aMathematics — Study and teaching.