Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541605695ISBN-10:1541605691UPC:9781541605695Book Category:Mathematics, Philosophy, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Aesthetics, CreativitySize:9.48 x 6.36 x 1.26 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCSMY4ETHD
Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity
"A stunning book ... a thrilling read" (Peter Frankopan) that reveals how creative people can harness the profound and productive relationship between mathematics and the arts When Shakespeare has the Three Witches cast Macbeth's lot, he uses something very weird to do it: not simply "eye of newt and toe of frog," but the number seven. And when Hamlet claims, "To be or not to be, that is the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541605695ISBN-10:1541605691UPC:9781541605695Book Category:Mathematics, Philosophy, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Aesthetics, CreativitySize:9.48 x 6.36 x 1.26 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCSMY4ETHD
Marcus du Sautoy is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford and a fellow of New College and of the Royal Society. He has presented on numerous radio and TV series, including the BBC's The Story of Maths, and is also a playwright. He lives in London.
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