Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients -- and gathered here by JoAnne Growney, whose personal website is at https://joannegrowney.com/ .

Showing posts with label Humanistic Mathematics. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Humanistic Mathematics. Show all posts

Monday, July 19, 2021

Distance Melts . . . between math and poetry . . .

One of my early math-poetry connections was with applied mathematician John Lew (1934-2006) who contributed often to the Humanistic ...

Monday, September 19, 2016

A rumor (in verse) about Alfred Nobel

Before the poem a bit of history about its source of publication: The Humanistic Mathematics Network Newsletter (HMNN) was founde...

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Is your favorite poet a mathematician?

The Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston last week gave a fine opportunity for me to connect with both mathematicians and poets, old fr...

Friday, January 28, 2011

Poems starring mathematicians - 8

Even though Johnny Depp played a mathematician in his recent film, The Tourist , we don't learn much about what mathematicians think or ...

Thursday, December 9, 2010

8 January 2011 -- Math-Poetry at JMM

Here's an invitation for math-poets -- at 5 PM on Saturday, January 8 at the 2011 Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans there will ...

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