Mathematics + art : a cultural history / Lynn Gamwell ; foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

  • Gamwell, Lynn, 1943-
Date:
[2015]
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Also known as

Mathematics and art

Description

"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." -- Amazon.com

Publication/Creation

Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Physical description

xviii, 556 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN

  • 9780691165288
  • 0691165289