Mathematics and Culture in Europe

Part I. Mathematical Culture, Education and Media

- Are European Students Sufficiently Prepared in Mathematics? R.Achilles

- Statistical Methods for Measuring Competencies: Analysis of Mathematical Preparation of Freshmen. S.Mignani, R.Ricci

- Mathematics and Media: Tools, Expectations, Results. S.Di Sieno

- The Trouble with Mathematics in the UK. J.F.Blowey

- Metamorph From Escher to Virtual Architecture. M.Emmer

- Two Examples of Unbounded and Compact Riply Extended Spaces. F.Ghione

- Bringing Light to a Dark Universe. C.Baugh, P.Edwards, C.Frenk

- Mathematics and Cartoons. G.M.Todesco

- Painters, Murderers, Mathematicians. P.Deuflhard

- Lucio Saffaro, Artist of Geometry. M.Emmer

- The Mathematical Logic of Narrative. A.Doxiadis

Part II. Mathematics and Cinema

- A Beautiful Mind. Directed by R.Howard

- A Recurrent Eponym: Nash and Game Theory. M.Li Calzi

- The Bank: Mathematics, Economics and Social Responsibility for the New Millenium. R.Cesari

- Moebius. Directed by G.R.Mosquera

- Moebius: a Film and an Invitation to Topology. M.Ferri

- Cube. Directed by V.Natali

- Cube: an Opportunity to Talk About Prime Numbers. A.Perelli

- The Mirror Has Two Faces. Directed by B. Streisand

- Funny Mathematics? M.Emmer

- Enigma. Directed by M.Apted

- Fermat's Last Theorem. Directed by S.Singh, A.Vistoli

- No More Time. Directed by A.Giannarelli

Part III. Mathematics and Theatre

- The Logic of Theatre. P. Odifreddi

- Napoleon Magical Emperor. S.Bini, stage name Bustric

- Regarding Napoleon Magical Emperor. S.Bini, stage name Bustric

- Napoleon, Mathematics and the Ecole Polytechnique. C.Viterbo

- Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture. A.Doxiadis

- Uncle Petros Between Science, Literature and Theatre. A.Savelli

- Some Famous Problems in the History of Number Theory. U.Zannier

- Proof. D.Auburn

- Proof: Matheamtics and New Dramaturgy. A.Paolucci

- Mathematics and the American

Mirella Manaresi is professor of geometry at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna. Her main research field is algebraic geometry, but, since some years, she is also involved in activities to promote the interest for mathematics of the general public.

She was editor, with M. Emmer, of the volume Mathematics, art, technology, cinema (Springer Italia, 2002 and Springer 2003, respectively in the Italian and in the extended English edition), and between 2002 and 2005 she has been responsible for a European project, from which this volume takes origin.

From the reviews:"Volume contains the proceedings of the eponymous conference Mathematics and Culture in Europe held in Bologna ... . content of the DVD is elegantly presented and easy to navigate, and it works both for PCs and Macs, which is a big plus. ... having collected in a single volume descriptions, explanations, and references ... on several recent and not-so-recent movies and plays about mathematics and mathematicians is definitely helpful, and would justify buying this book to anybody interested in the relationships between mathematics and art." (Marco Abate, The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 31 (4), December, 2009)

From the reviews:"Volume contains the proceedings of the eponymous conference Mathematics and Culture in Europe held in Bologna ... . content of the DVD is elegantly presented and easy to navigate, and it works both for PCs and Macs, which is a big plus. ... having collected in a single volume descriptions, explanations, and references ... on several recent and not-so-recent movies and plays about mathematics and mathematicians is definitely helpful, and would justify buying this book to anybody interested in the relationships between mathematics and art." (Marco Abate, The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 31 (4), December, 2009)