Table of contents (27 chapters)

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

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      Introduction

      • Michele Emmer
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3. Homage to Benoît Mandelbrot

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      Pages 3-3

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      Pages 5-11

      The Fantastic World of Tor’ Bled-Nam

      • Michele Emmer
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4. Venice and “La Fenice”

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      Pages 13-13

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      Pages 15-20

      The Reconstruction of the Teatro La Fenice: “Splendidezze” and “dorature” (Gleam and Gilding)

      • Elisabetta Fabbri
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5. Homage to Andrea Pozzo

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      Pages 21-21

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      Pages 23-41

      Exactitude and Extravagance: Andrea Pozzo’s “Viewpoint”

      • Filippo Camerota
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      Pages 43-55

      The Apse Scenes in the Prospective Inventions of Andrea Pozzo

      • Silvia Carandini
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      Pages 57-70

      Andrea Pozzo: Art, Culture and Mathematics

      • Marco Costamagna
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6. Homage to Hypatia

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      Pages 71-71

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      Pages 73-81

      Hypatia as Polymath

      • Michael A. B. Deakin
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      Pages 83-90

      Women’s Contributions to the Progress of Mathematics: Lights and Shadows

      • Elisabetta Strickland
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      Pages 91-102

      Hypatia’s Dream

      • Massimo Vincenzi
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7. Mathematics and Art

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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      Pages 105-115

      Modern Geometry versus Modern Architecture

      • Isabeau Birindelli,
      • Renata Cedrone
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      Pages 117-122

      Visual Harmonies: An Exhibition on Art and Math

      • Michele Emmer
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      Pages 123-126

      Emilio Prini, Alison Knowles, and Art’s Logic

      • Cornelia Lauf
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      Pages 127-139

      All the Numbers End in Numbers. On a Work by Alighiero Boetti

      • Andrea Valle
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8. Mathematics and Literature

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      Pages 141-141

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      Pages 143-154

      The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in Human Sciences: The Attribution of Texts to Antonio Gramsci

      • Dario Benedetto,
      • Emanuele Caglioti,
      • Mirko Degli Esposti
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      Pages 155-165

      Lost in a Good Book: Jorge Borges’ Inescapable Labyrinth

      • William Goldbloom Bloch
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9. Mathematics and Applications

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      Pages 167-167

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      Pages 169-174

      The Many Faces of Lorenz Knots

      • Marco Abate
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      Pages 175-185

      Waiting for ABRACADABRA. Occurrences of Words and Leading Numbers

      • Emilio De Santis,
      • Fabio Spizzichino
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      Pages 187-196

      E Pluribus Unum

      • Marco Li Calzi
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      Pages 197-208

      Aperiodic Tiling

      • Gian Marco Todesco
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10. Mathematics and Medicine

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       Pages 209-209

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       Pages 211-224

       Connecting Ventricular Assist Devices to the Aorta: A Numerical Model

       • Jean Bonnemain,
       • Simone Deparis,
       • Alfio Quarteroni
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