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 Nobel Prize. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Nobel Prize. Show all posts

Monday, October 19, 2020

2020 Nobel Laureates -- Mathematics and Poetry

Both mathematics and poetry are languages for conveying complex ideas . . . for example, Oxford mathematical physicist Roger Penrose u...

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Make Something of Nothing ... with Bob Dylan

The puzzle of nothing actually being something is central to our use of numbers -- and I use it today as an excuse to link to a Bob D...

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Continue to celebrate Szymborska

If you are a frequent visitor to this blog, you know that Polish Nobelist (1996) Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012) is one of my favorite poets...

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Time is no straight line . . .

Swedish poet and Nobel Laureate Tomas Transtromer (1931-2015) died last month. At his website I found this poem that reflects on the arith...

Saturday, August 31, 2013

A square-root of dead weight . . .

A poet I love ( Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013 , 1995 Nobelist ) has died. The NYTimes obituary for Heaney quotes one of my favorites of hi...

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Szymborska (1923-2012) on Statistics

Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012) won the 1996 Nobel Prize for literature; I am saddened by her death -- yesterday, February 1, ...

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