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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Polster, Burkard. Math goes to the movies. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011943465 (OCoLC)805585902 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Burkard Polster; Marty Ross |
ISBN: | 9781421406084 142140608X |
OCLC Number: | 812507574 |
Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
Contents: | pt. 1. Movies. Good math hunting -- The clever hand behind A beautiful mind -- Escalante stands and delivers -- The annotated Pi files -- Nitpicking in mathemagic land -- Escape from the cube -- The incredible shrinking room -- Murder in the hot house -- A word problem for die hards -- 7 x 13 = 28 -- One mirror has tow faces, two mirrors have ... -- It's my turn for some serious mathematics -- pt. 2. Mathematics. Beautiful math, or better off dead -- Pythagoras and Fermat at the movies -- Survival in the fourth dimension -- To infinity and beyond! -- Problem corner -- Money-back bloopers -- The funny files -- pt. 3. Lists. People lists -- Topics lists -- Movie index. |
Responsibility: | Burkard Polster, Marty Ross. |
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Written in a breezy, humorous style. If you like math and movies and are looking for a fun read, check it out. -- David Joyner * MAA Reviews * [A] thorough and entertaining survey... This behind-the-scenes look at movie math shows how fun and illuminating equations can be. * Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin * Math Goes to the Movies is a wonderful read. -- Richard J. Wilders * MAA Reviews * Movie and television aficionados who have a mathematics background will enjoy this book. * Choice * Math Goes to the Movies comes packed with math and film insights alike, and is recommended for a wide audience. * Midwest Book Review * Not only is it very easy to read, it is also a pleasure, owing to the authors' warm humour. I heartily recommend this book to any mathematician who is interested in the way that their discipline and its practitioners are presented to the wider cinema-going public. -- Christopher Hollings * Mathematics Today * This is an entertaining grab bag of mathematical and movie titbits that will delight mathematically minded movie buffs. -- Robyn Arianrhod * Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society * Math Goes to the Movies abounds in mathematical tidbits that even the most observant filmgoer might have never noticed or at least might not have remembered. * The Math Intelligencer * Read more...


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