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Title:

Mathematics in popular culture : essays on appearances in film, fiction, games, television and other media / edited by Jessica K. Sklar and Elizabeth S. Sklar ; foreword by Keith Devlin.

Publisher:

McFarland,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

viii, 345 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Mathematics in mass media.
Popular culture--United States.
Mass media and culture--United States.

Other Authors:

Sklar, Jessica K., 1973-
Sklar, Elizabeth Sherr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Mathematician Does the New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle / Gene Abrams -- The Game. A Survey of Fictional Mathematics in Literature / Alex Kasman -- "You Never Said Anything About Math" : Math Phobia and Math Fanaticism in the World of Lost / Kristine Larsen -- What's in a name? The Matrix as an Introduction to Mathematics / Kris Green -- Mapping Contagion and Disease, Catastrophe and Destruction : Computer Modeling in the Epidemiological Disaster Narrative / Kathleen Coyne Kelly and Douglas Whittington -- Fair and Unfair Division in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon / William Goldbloom Bloch and Michael D.C. Drout -- Game Theory in Popular Culture : Battles of Wits and Matters of Trust / Jennifer Firkins Nordstrom -- Coming Out of the Dungeon : Mathematics and Role-Playing Games / Kris Green -- Playing Moneyball : Math and Baseball / Jeff Hildebrand -- A Mathematician Does the New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle / Gene Abrams -- The
Tolstoy's Integration Metaphor from War and Peace / Stephen T. Ahearn -- Counting with the Sharks : Math-Savvy Gamblers in Popular Culture / Matthew Lane -- Stand and Deliver Twenty Years Later / Ksenija Simic-Muller, Maura Varley Guti©♭rrez and Rodrigo Jorge Guti©♭rrez -- Smart Girls : The Uncanny Daughters of Arcadia and Proof / Sharon Alker and Roberta Davidson -- Mean Girls : A Metamorphosis of the Female Math Nerd / Kristin Rowan -- The Mathematical Misanthrope and American Popular Culture / Kenneth Faulkner -- Alan Turing : Reflecting on the Life, Work, and Popular Representations of a Queer Mathematician / K.G. Valente -- Mat(t)h Anxiety : Math as Symptom in Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting / Donald l. Hoffman -- Math + Metaphor. Thinking Outside the Box : Application Versus Discovery in Saw and Cube / Jessica K. Sklar -- Tolstoy's Integration Metaphor from War and Peace / Stephen T. Ahearn --
Mathematics in fiction and poetry. Richard Kaczynski -- Truth by the Numbers : Mysticism and Madness in Darren Aronofsky's [pi] / Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman -- Flatland in Popular Culture / Lila Marz Harper -- Discovering a Higher Plane : Dimensionality and Enlightenment in Flatland and Diaspora / Chris Pak -- Projective Geometry in Early Twentieth Century Esotericism : From the Anthroposophical Society to the Thoth Tarot / Richard Kaczynski -- Mathematics in performance media -- Mathematics in fiction and poetry.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0786449780 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786449781 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)757462061

LCCN:

2012000543

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)