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, November 23, 2015

Quoting Isaac Newton . . . . a "found" poem

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seash...

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Is mathematics discovered or invented?

My neighbor, Glenn, is fond of asking math-folks that he meets the question "Is mathematics discovered or invented?" -- and when h...

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Making something of nothing

Was zero invented or discovered? When and how? By whom? In "The Origin of Zero" -- an article published in 2009 in in Scie...

Monday, September 3, 2012

An instrument in the shape of a woman

Celebrating math-women with poetry is a project to which I devoted several postings earlier this summer -- see, for example, these Ju...

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