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James Hagen's List: Art of mathematics
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Feb 06, 12
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What is the origin and nature of a sense of beauty? Is this sense specific to the individual or to the culture, or is it universal?
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Do the terms “beauty” or “elegance” have a role in mathematical thought?
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Some major advances in physics, for example, discoveries of elementary particles, have come about through arguments involving the beauty, elegance or symmetry of the underlying mathematics. What does this tell us about the relationship between the natural sciences, mathematics and the natural world?
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Feb 07, 12
A slideshow and commentary by mathematician Lasse Rempe of beautiful visual representations of mathematical theory known as dynamical systems. Although beautiful, Rempe does not consider the images art because it was not his intention that they be anything other than mathematical representations.
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Sep 13, 10
How can we, through sense perception and reason, make sense of numbers which are beyond our individual experience? How can we grasp the enormity of our impact, individually and collectively, on the world? Chris Jordan's supersized images help us to better understand as well as care about some otherwise almost unimaginable statistics.
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Oct 03, 12
Escher's visual illusions show us that we don't perceive the world as it is. Our brains make assumptions about and interpret what we see.
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