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020 _a9781847922311
037 _cGifted
_nIssac D. Paul
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_bBAR
100 _aBarrow, John D.
245 _a100 ESSENTIAL THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MATHS AND THE ARTS
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260 _aLondon
_bThe Bobley Head
_c2014
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500 _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.
650 _aMathematics — Popular works.
650 _a Mathematics and science.
650 _aMathematical models — Popular works.
650 _aMathematics — Philosophy.
650 _aMathematics — Study and teaching.
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