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04318aam a22003854a 4500 001 67CBCF006B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 120109s2012 ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012000543 020 $a 0786449780 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786449781 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)757462061 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d ERASA $d IG# $d BWX $d CDX $d YUS $d OCLCO $d TLE $d OXF $d VP@ $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a P96 M395 M38 2012 245 00 $a Mathematics in popular culture : $b essays on appearances in film, fiction, games, television and other media / $c edited by Jessica K. Sklar and Elizabeth S. Sklar ; foreword by Keith Devlin. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland, $c c2012. 300 $a viii, 345 p. : $b ill. ; $c 26 cm. 520 $a "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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Mathematician Does the New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle / $r Gene Abrams -- $g The $t Game. A Survey of Fictional Mathematics in Literature / $r Alex Kasman -- $t "You Never Said Anything About Math" : Math Phobia and Math Fanaticism in the World of Lost / $r Kristine Larsen -- $t What's in a name? The Matrix as an Introduction to Mathematics / $r Kris Green -- $t Mapping Contagion and Disease, Catastrophe and Destruction : Computer Modeling in the Epidemiological Disaster Narrative / $r Kathleen Coyne Kelly and Douglas Whittington -- $t Fair and Unfair Division in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon / $r William Goldbloom Bloch and Michael D.C. Drout -- $t Game Theory in Popular Culture : Battles of Wits and Matters of Trust / $r Jennifer Firkins Nordstrom -- $t Coming Out of the Dungeon : Mathematics and Role-Playing Games / $r Kris Green -- $t Playing Moneyball : Math and Baseball / $r Jeff Hildebrand -- $g A $t Mathematician Does the New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle / $r Gene Abrams -- $g The 505 00 $9 $t Tolstoy's Integration Metaphor from War and Peace / $r Stephen T. Ahearn -- $t Counting with the Sharks : Math-Savvy Gamblers in Popular Culture / $r Matthew Lane -- $t Stand and Deliver Twenty Years Later / $r Ksenija Simic-Muller, Maura Varley Guti婉rrez and Rodrigo Jorge Guti婉rrez -- $t Smart Girls : The Uncanny Daughters of Arcadia and Proof / $r Sharon Alker and Roberta Davidson -- $t Mean Girls : A Metamorphosis of the Female Math Nerd / $r Kristin Rowan -- $g The $t Mathematical Misanthrope and American Popular Culture / $r Kenneth Faulkner -- $t Alan Turing : Reflecting on the Life, Work, and Popular Representations of a Queer Mathematician / $r K.G. Valente -- $t Mat(t)h Anxiety : Math as Symptom in Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting / $r Donald l. Hoffman -- $t Math + Metaphor. Thinking Outside the Box : Application Versus Discovery in Saw and Cube / $r Jessica K. Sklar -- $t Tolstoy's Integration Metaphor from War and Peace / $r Stephen T. Ahearn -- 505 00 $9 $t Mathematics in fiction and poetry. $r Richard Kaczynski -- $t Truth by the Numbers : Mysticism and Madness in Darren Aronofsky's [pi] / $r Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman -- $t Flatland in Popular Culture / $r Lila Marz Harper -- $t Discovering a Higher Plane : Dimensionality and Enlightenment in Flatland and Diaspora / $r Chris Pak -- $t Projective Geometry in Early Twentieth Century Esotericism : From the Anthroposophical Society to the Thoth Tarot / $r Richard Kaczynski -- $t Mathematics in performance media -- $t Mathematics in fiction and poetry. 650 0 $a Mathematics in mass media. 650 0 $a Popular culture $z United States. 650 0 $a Mass media and culture $z United States. 700 1 $a Sklar, Jessica K., $d 1973- 700 1 $a Sklar, Elizabeth Sherr. 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718090732.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826055603.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=67CBCF006B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search