{"product_id":"9789814602969","title":"Mathematics, Poetry and Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does mathematics have to do with poetry? Seemingly, nothing. Mathematics deals with abstractions while poetry with emotions. And yet, the two share something essential: Beauty. “Euclid alone has looked on beauty bare,” says the title of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mathematics, Poetry and Beauty” tries to solve the secret of the similarity between the two domains. It tries to explain how a mathematical argument and a poem can move us in the same way. Mathematical and poetic techniques are compared, with the aim of showing how they evoke the same sense of beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reader may find that, as Bertrand Russell said, “Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a beauty hold and austere, like that of sculpture … sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Magic of Poetry and of Mathematics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondensation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Mathematicians and Poets Think\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoetic Image\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMathematical Image\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParadoxes and Oxymorons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf Reference and Godel's Theorem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Those interested in Mathematics, those interested in poetry, and the general public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIt presents laymen and mathematicians alike with beautiful pieces of mathematics, and studies techniques of both poetry and mathematics that contribute to beauty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185298751728,"sku":"9789814602969","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814602969_p0.jpg?v=1763691145","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814602969","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}