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Mathematics in popular culture: essays on appearances in film, fiction, games, television and other media

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Jefferson, NC [u.a.] McFarland 2012
Schlagworte:	Mathematics in mass media Popular culture > United States Mass media and culture > United States Volkskultur Massenmedien Mathematik USA Aufsatzsammlung
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Beschreibung:	"In this compendium, contributors consider the role of math in blockbuster films, baseball, crossword puzzles, fantasy role-playing games, and television shows to science fiction tales, award-winning plays and classic works of literature. Revealing the broad range of intersections between mathematics and mainstream culture, this collection demonstrates that even "mass entertainment" can have a hidden depth. "--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	VIII, 345 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:	9780786449781

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adam_text	Table of Contents Acknowledgments vi Foreword by Keith Devlin 1 Introduction Jessica K. Skxar and Elizabeth S. Sklar 3 Part One: The Game A Survey of Fictional Mathematics in Literature Alex Kasman 9 "You Never Said Anything about Math": Math Phobia and Math Fanaticism in the World of Lost Kristine Larsen 27 What's in a Name? The Matrix as an Introduction to Mathematics Kris Green 44 Mapping Contagion and Disease, Catastrophe and Destruction: Computer Modeling in the Epidemiological Disaster Narrative Kathleen Coyne Kelly and Douglas Whittington 55 Fair and Unfair Division in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon William Goldbloom Bloch лий? Michael D. C Drout 71 Game Theory in Popular Culture : Battles of Wits and Matters of Trust Jennifer Firkins Nordstrom 86 Coming Out of the Dungeon: Mathematics and Role-Playing Games Kris Green 99 Playing Moneyball: Math and Baseball Jeff Hildebrand 114 A Mathematician Does the New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle GeneAbrams 123 Part Two: The Players XKCD: A Web of Popular Culture Karen Burnham 137 Counting with the Sharks: Math-Sawy Gamblers in Popular Culture Matthew Lane 148 Stand and Deliver Twenty Years Later KSENIJA SlMIC-MULLER, MAURA VaRLEY GUTIÉRREZ and Rodrigo Jorge Gutiérrez 163 Smart Girls: The Uncanny Daughters oí Arcadia and Proof Sharon Alker and Roberta Davidson 172 Mean Girls: A Metamorphosis of the Female Math Nerd Kristin Rowan 187 The Mathematical Misanthrope and American Popular Culture Kenneth Faulkner 198 Alan Turing: Reflecting on the Life, Work, and Popular Representations of a Queer Mathematician K. G. Valente 219 Mat(t)h Anxiety: Math as Symptom in Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting Donald L. Hoffman 233 Part Three: Math + Metaphor Thinking Outside the Box: Application Versus Discovery in Saw and Cube Jessica K. Sklar 247 Tolstoy's Integration Metaphor from War and Peace Stephen T. Ahearn 258 "We'll all change together": Mathematics as Metaphor in Greg Egan's Fiction Neil Easterbrook 265 Truth by the Numbers: Mysticism and Madness in Darren Aronofsky's Jl Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman 274 Flatland in Popular Culture Lila Marz Harper 288 Discovering a Higher Plane : Dimensionality and Enlightenment in Friand and Diaspora Chris Pak 304 Projective Geometry in Early Twentieth-Century Esotericism: From the Anthroposophical Society to the Thoth Tarot Richard Kaczynski 314 Appendices A: Mathematics in Performance Media 333 В: Mathematics in Fiction and Poetry 334 About the Contributors 337 Index 341
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