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BL
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1030887
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b785257
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Birken, Marcia.
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| Title & Author
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Discovering patterns in mathematics and poetry /\ Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;New York :: Rodopi,, 2008.
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft,; 116
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1 online resource (213 pages) :: illustrations
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1435633105
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: 9781435633100
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: 9789042023703
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: 9789401205610
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9042023708
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9789042023703
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index.
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| Contents
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Discovering Patterns in Mathematics and Poetry; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Counting Patterns; Chapter 2 -Counting Patterns Take Form; Chapter 3 -- Patterns of Shape; Chapter 4 -- Fractal Patterns; Chapter 5 -- Patterns for the Mind; Chapter 6 -- Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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You are invited to join a fascinating journey of discovery, as Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon explore the intersecting patterns of mathematics and poetry -- bringing the two fields together in a new way. Setting the tone with humor and illustrating each chapter with countless examples, Birken and Coon begin with patterns we can see, hear, and feel and then move to more complex patterns. Number systems and nursery rhymes lead to the Golden Mean and sestinas. Simple patterns of shape introduce tessellations and concrete poetry. Fractal geometry makes fractal poetry possible. Ultimately, patterns f.
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Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
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Mathematics and literature.
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Pattern perception.
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Poetics.
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Word problems (Mathematics)
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Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
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Mathematics and literature.
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MATHEMATICS-- Essays.
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MATHEMATICS-- Pre-Calculus.
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MATHEMATICS-- Reference.
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Pattern perception.
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Poetics.
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Word problems (Mathematics)
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| Dewey Classification
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510
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PN55.B57 2008eb
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Coon, Anne Christine.
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