Résumé
Few people expect to encounter mathematics on a visit to an art gallery or a walk down a city street (or across campus). When we explore the world around us with mathematics in mind, however, we see the many ways in which mathematics can manifest itself, in streetscapes, sculptures, paintings, architectural structures, and more. This illustrated presentation offers illuminating glimpses of mathematics, from Euclidean geometry and normal distributions to Riemann sums and Moebius strips, as seen in a variety of structures and artworks in Washington, D.C., Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Philadelphia, New Orleans, St. Louis, and many other locales.
Biographie
Ivars Peterson est directeur des publications au Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Comme rédacteur en mathématiques, lauréat de prix, il a auparavant travaillé au Science News pendant plus de 25 ans et a été l'éditeur de Sciences News Online et de
Science News for Kids. Il a aussi écrit une chronique hebdomadaire sur le Web intitulée Ivar's Peterson's MathTrek. En 1991, il a reçu le prix Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communications pour ses habilités exceptionnelles à communiquer les mathématiques au grand public. Parmi ses livres, on retrouve The Mathematical Tourist, Islands of Truth, Newton's Clock: Chaos in the Solar System, The Jungles of Randomness et Fragments of Infinity: A Kaleidoscope of Math and Art .
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