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14 and Shakespeare the Numbers Man

Professor Roger Bowley says poetry and numbers are more closely linked than you may think, citing Shakespeare's 14-line sonnets and iambic pentameter as examples.

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Inside a mathematical proof lies literature, says Stanford's Reviel Netz

Inside a mathematical proof lies literature, says Stanford's Reviel Netz | Science News | Scoop.it

Like novelists, mathematicians are creative authors. With diagrams, symbolism, metaphor, double entendre and elements of surprise, a good proof reads like a good story. In his book Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic, Netz reveals the stunning stylistic similarities between Hellenistic poetry and mathematical texts from the same era.


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