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1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft,
0929-6999 ;
116
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 116.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index. |
Contents |
Discovering Patterns in Mathematics and Poetry; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Counting Patterns; Chapter 2 -Counting Patterns Take Form; Chapter 3 -- Patterns of Shape; Chapter 4 -- Fractal Patterns; Chapter 5 -- Patterns for the Mind; Chapter 6 -- Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Mathematics and literature.
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Mathematics and literature. |
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Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
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Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. |
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Word problems (Mathematics)
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Word problems (Mathematics) |
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Poetics.
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Poetics. |
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Pattern perception.
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Pattern perception. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Coon, Anne Christine.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Birken, Marcia. Discovering patterns in mathematics and poetry. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008 9789042023703 9042023708 (OCoLC)213434780 |
ISBN |
9781435633100 (electronic book) |
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1435633105 (electronic book) |
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9789401205610 |
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9401205612 |
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9042023708 |
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9789042023703 |
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9042023708 (paperback) |
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9789042023703 (paperback) |
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