Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast here on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients . . . . . . . gathered by JoAnne Growney. To receive email notifications of new postings, contact JoAnne at joannegrowney@gmail.com.

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Monday, April 25, 2016

"The Mathematician"

Here is a selection from "The Mathematician," a long poem -- found in its entirety in The Rumpus -- by Oregon poet Carl Ada...

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Women's History -- celebrate Caroline Herschel

In the sixties when I spent a year at Bucknell University, I was a member of the "Department of Astronomy and Mathematics," a...

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Word problems

Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much (a Times book by S. Mullainathan and E. Shafir, released last September) considers n...

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