2011, ISBN: 9781935182627

Paperback

New. <b>In this profound and hopeful book, a mathematician and celebrated teacher shows how mathematics may help all of us—even the math-averse—… More...

New. <b>In this profound and hopeful book, a mathematician and celebrated teacher shows how mathematics may help all of us—even the math-averse—to understand and cope with grief.</b><br />  <br /> We all know the euphoria of intellectual epiphany—the thrill of sudden understanding. But coupled with that excitement is a sense of loss: a moment of epiphany can never be repeated. In <i>Geometry of Grief</i>, mathematician Michael Frame draws on a career’s worth of insight—including his work with a pioneer of fractal geometry Benoit Mandelbrot—and a gift for rendering the complex accessible as he delves into this twinning of understanding and loss. Grief, Frame reveals, can be a moment of possibility.<br /><br /> Frame investigates grief as a response to an irrevocable change in circumstance. This reframing allows us to see parallels between the loss of a loved one or a career and the loss of the elation of first understanding a tricky concept. From this foundation, Frame builds a geometric model of mental states. An object that is fractal, for example, has symmetry of magnification: magnify a picture of a mountain or a fern leaf—both fractal—and we see echoes of the original shape. Similarly, nested inside great loss are smaller losses. By manipulating this geometry, Frame shows us, we may be able to redirect our thinking in ways that help reduce our pain. Small‐scale losses, in essence, provide laboratories to learn how to meet large-scale losses.<br /><br /> Interweaving original illustrations, clear introductions to advanced topics in geometry, and wisdom gleaned from his own experience with illness and others’ remarkable responses to devastating loss, Frame’s poetic book is a journey through the beautiful complexities of mathematics and life. With both human sympathy and geometrical elegance, it helps us to see how a geometry of grief can open a pathway for bold action., 6, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Red Hen Pr. A beautiful, uncracked softcover copy. SIGNED by the author. . Fine+. Original Wraps. 2009., Red Hen Pr, 2009, 5, Los Angeles: Red Hen Press. A beautiful, "uncracked" softcover copy SIGNED by the author. . Fine. Original Wraps. 2009., Red Hen Press, 2009, 5, Manning Publications, July 2011. Oversize Softcover . Very Good. Summary 'Generative Art' presents both the technique and the beauty of algorithmic art. The book includes high-quality examples of generative art, along with the specific programmatic steps author and artist Matt Pearson followed to create each unique piece using the Processing programming language.About the Technology Artists have always explored new media, and computer-based artists are no exception. Generative art, a technique where the artist creates print or onscreen images by using computer algorithms, finds the artistic intersection of programming, computer graphics, and individual expression. The book includes a tutorial on Processing, an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions.About the Book 'Generative Art' presents both the techniques and the beauty of algorithmic art. In it, you'll find dozens of high-quality examples of generative art, along with the specific steps the author followed to create each unique piece using the Processing programming language. The book includes concise tutorials for each of the technical components required to create the book's images, and it offers countless suggestions for how you can combine and reuse the various techniques to create your own works. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.What's InsideThe principles of algorithmic artA Processing language tutorialUsing organic, pseudo-random, emergent, and fractal processes ========================================&#8203;=========Table of ContentsPart 1 Creative CodingGenerative Art: In Theory and PracticeProcessing: A Programming Language for Artists Part 2 Randomness and NoiseThe Wrong Way to Draw A LineThe Wrong Way to Draw a CircleAdding DimensionsPart 3 ComplexityEmergenceAutonomyFractals Presenting both the technique and the beauty of algorithmic art, 'Generative Art' includes concise tutorials for each of the technical components required to create the book's examples, and offers countless suggestions for how readers can use the various techniques to create their own works., Manning Publications, 3<