The shape of content : creative writing in mathematics and science /

This book is a collection of creative pieces-poems, short stories, essays, play excerpts-that give shape to mathematical and scientific content. This book portrays by example how various people work creatively with ideas from mathematics and other sciences. Creative writing about the content of math...

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Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Davis, Chandler (Editor), Senechal, Marjorie (Editor), Zwicky, Jan, 1955- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Wellesley, Massachusetts : A K Peters, Limited, 2008.
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Summary:This book is a collection of creative pieces-poems, short stories, essays, play excerpts-that give shape to mathematical and scientific content. This book portrays by example how various people work creatively with ideas from mathematics and other sciences. Creative writing about the content of mathematics and science is rare, and creative writing about the activity of mathematical and scientific creation is even rarer. And yet, when it occurs, it can be extremely popular, as well known plays like Proof and Copenhagen and biographies like A Beautiful Mind and The Man Who Loved Only Numbers att.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages)
ISBN:0429064942
9780429064944
1439865388
9781439865385