The Artful Universe Expanded

John D. Barrow

322 pages, parution le 05/04/2005

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In The Artful Universe Expanded, John Barrow draws out the deep links between our aesthetic inclinations - our art, our music, our appreciation of form, pattern, and landscape - and the mathematical and physical structure of the Universe of which we form a part. Barrow challenges the commonly held view that our sense of beauty is entirely free and unfettered. He argues that as beings that have evolved in this Universe, we are products of its natural laws and its underlying mathematical forms. Our minds show the imprints of this structure, which constrains and moulds our perceptions and our aesthetic preferences.

In this rich and wide-ranging exploration, Barrow looks at the evolution of complexity, form in painting, computer art and music, and how landscapes and the wheeling patterns of stars in the night sky have impinged upon the human psyche. Originally published in 1995, this revised and expanded edition includes new essays on topics including the beauty of vases, the fractal nature of Jackson Pollock's art, life on extrasolar planets, multiverses, and the question of whether we might be living in a simulated universe (and if so, how would we know?). This is a deeply inspiring and erudite work from an author described by Sir Martin Rees as 'emerging as the Stephen Jay Gould of the mathematical sciences'.

Readership: People who bought the first edition of the Artful Universe; readers of popular science, science and technology, art, art theory, chaos theory, natural history.

L'auteur - John D. Barrow

John D. Barrow est professeur de mathématiques au département de mathématiques appliquées et de physique théorique de l'université de Cambridge (Royaume-Uni). Il est l'auteur, dans la collection "Pluriel", de Les origines de l'Univers.

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Sommaire

Tales of the unexpected
The impact of evolution
Size, life, and landscape
The heavens and the Earth
The natural history of noise
All's well that ends well

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Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	John D. Barrow
Parution	05/04/2005
Nb. de pages	322
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	690g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780192805690
ISBN13	978-0-19-280569-0