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Mathematical poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 341 Collections and/or Records:

Els Entra-I-Surts Del Poeta: Eis Entra-I-Surts Del Poeta, 4, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-22432-22856
Scope and Contents

Originally published in 1973, fourth of seven books covers Brossa's work from 1969-1975. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Erosglifico, 1982

 Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]
Identifier: CC-21797-22208
Scope and Contents

Object is made from Polaroid photograph case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

[fffffx2=4] / Luis, Carlos M.., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-39177-41121
Scope and Contents

Luis created numerical and letter texts on a computer and overpainted the printed text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Flatland / Abbott, Edwin., 1952

 Item
Identifier: CC-24299-24751
Scope and Contents

Sixth Edition, revised with introduction by Banesh Hoffmann. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1952

Flatland / Edwin Abbott; M Bradbury., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-27042-27516
Scope and Contents

First published in 1884, there have been more than 24 English editions of Flatland published. Abbott's text has been described as "prophetic in its scientific revelations of multi-dimensionality." Andrew Hoyem is the printer of this edition which unfolds to gigantic proportions. Images were dye-cut fom one side of the sleeve page as a reinterpretation of Abbott's drawings from his 1st edition. Background colors to the images and lines were applied by hand. Ray Bradbury has provided an introduction to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Flatland / Edwin Abbott; M Bradbury., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-27042-27516
Scope and Contents

First published in 1884, there have been more than 24 English editions of Flatland published. Abbott's text has been described as "prophetic in its scientific revelations of multi-dimensionality." Andrew Hoyem is the printer of this edition which unfolds to gigantic proportions. Images were dye-cut fom one side of the sleeve page as a reinterpretation of Abbott's drawings from his 1st edition. Background colors to the images and lines were applied by hand. Ray Bradbury has provided an introduction to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So / Stewart, Ian ; Abbott E., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-35885-37646
Scope and Contents

This book is published as a sequel to "Flatland" by Edwin Abbott Abbott, published in 1884, in which all the inhabitants are two dimensional. Stewart, who is a professor of mathematics, created this contemporary guide of a journey through Mathiverse. His main character, Victoria Line, explores the "present understanding of the shape and origins of the universe, the nature of space, time and matter and modern geometrics and their applications." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

For Publication (reprint) / Graham, Dan ; Mallarme S ; Lichtenstein R., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-44688-46853
Scope and Contents

First published in 1975 and reprinted by Marian Goodman Gallery in 1991. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Formule de l'Amour Prodigieux / Isou, Isidore., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-08530-8702
Scope and Contents

This print depicts a standing female nude outlined in black with mathematical formulas in black beside her. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

four carden peoms for ian & sue [finlay] (151064) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-56420-58838
Scope and Contents

The title was probably not miss-typed by Houedard with carden for garden and peom for poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

[Four Photographs] / Dencker, Klaus Peter., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-15882-16215
Scope and Contents

These leaflets consist of photographic reproductions of Dencker's visual poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

French Sonnets; Composed Between January 1955 & April 1983 / Mac Low, Jackson., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-47570-68579
Scope and Contents

Mac Low explains how these poems were composed as chance operations: "They are "French" by virtue of their source rather their language." Several were composed on Bloomsday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984