Manifold: poetry of mathematics

A unique poetry book by E R Lutken showing the alliances between poetry and mathematics in many of its forms. Manifold: Poetry of Mathematics is a collection of poems exploring the rarely traveled territory that lies between the humanities and mathematics. In her years as a teacher, Dr. Lutken was struck by the strict compartmentalization of subjects and the drudgery with which many adults as well as students perceive mathematics. In these poems she explores the lyric nature of mathematics far from the worksheet and benchmark mindset, broadening the reach of poetry by including hints of the unique experience of mathematical thought beyond words. The poems are not so much written about math as they are written in math—math as metaphor, structure, enrichment—with the hope that ways of thinking and relating to the world found in mathematics might be elucidated in poetry, and conversely, poetry might open to some of the joys and trials of mathematics. Many facets of mathematics—specific numbers, sets, entities such as equations and functions, as well as theorems and conjectures, history and disciplines of mathematics— are woven into poetic experience in the book. There are aspects of insights, discoveries, and thought processes in mathematics which seem especially difficult to convey. Perhaps poetry may help, and mathematics may shed some light on the human condition in return., ISBN13:9781737056010 ISBN10:1737056011 Material Type:perfect