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 Iggy McGovern. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Iggy McGovern. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2026

Cross BRIDGES ... 2026 Bridges Galway Conference

Each year an international BRIDGES Conference celebrates the connections between mathematics and the arts -- featuring connections with...

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Math-Poetry -- Linz, Austria -- 07/19/2019

On Friday, July 19, 2-4 PM at the 2019 Bridges Math-Arts Conference in Linz, Austria will be a Reading of Mathematical Poetry that fe...

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

The Eyes of Isaac Newton . . . and so on

A couple of weeks ago, Irish poet-physicist Iggy McGovern read here in the DC area and introduced readers to his new poetry collection...

Monday, September 18, 2017

Irish poet McGovern to visit US

Irish poet and physicist Iggy McGovern will visit the US in October and is scheduled to read at The Writer's Center in Bethesd...

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

A sonnet for W.R.Hamilton

Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) was also a poet (see, for example, this sonnet in a prior posting (13 October...

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Who put the pie in Pythagoras?

Irish poet and physicist Iggy McGovern has written both humorous and serious verse. Today we have lines from him that startle and amuse -...

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