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Discovering patterns in mathematics and poetry /
You are invited to join a fascinating journey of discovery, as Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon explore the intersecting patterns of mathematics and poetry -- bringing the two fields together in a new way. Setting the tone with humor and illustrating each chapter with countless examples, Birken and Co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2008.
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| Colección: | Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ;
116. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | You are invited to join a fascinating journey of discovery, as Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon explore the intersecting patterns of mathematics and poetry -- bringing the two fields together in a new way. Setting the tone with humor and illustrating each chapter with countless examples, Birken and Coon begin with patterns we can see, hear, and feel and then move to more complex patterns. Number systems and nursery rhymes lead to the Golden Mean and sestinas. Simple patterns of shape introduce tessellations and concrete poetry. Fractal geometry makes fractal poetry possible. Ultimately, patterns f. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435633100 1435633105 9789401205610 9401205612 9042023708 9789042023703 |
| ISSN: | 0929-6999 ; |