CirclesDisturbed_TheInterplayofMathemati.epub

CIRCLES DISTURBED CIRCLES DISTURBED THE INTERPLAY OF MATHEMATICS AND NARRATIVE Edited by APOSTOLOS DOXIADIS and BARRY MAZUR Copyright © 2012 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 press.princeton.edu Jacket illustration: Thomas Degeorge (1786–1854), The Death of Archimedes, 1815. Courtesy of the Collection of the Musée d’Art Roger-Quilliot Museum [MARQ], City of Clermont-Ferrand, France. All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Circles disturbed: the interplay of mathematics and narrative / edited by Apostolos Doxiadis and Barry Mazur. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-691-14904-2 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 1. Mathematics—Language. 2. Communication in mathematics. 3. Mathematics—History. 4. Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. I. Doxiades, Apostolos K., 1953-II. Mazur, Barry. QA42.C57 2012 510.1’4—dc23 2011037043 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available This book has been composed in Minion Pro and Myriad Pro Printed on acid-free paper. ∞ Typeset by S......