Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: New Books in Art
Episode: Eli Maor and Eugen Jost, âBeautiful Geometryâ (Princeton UP, 2014)
Description: Beautiful Geometry (Princeton UP, 2014), by the mathematician prof. Eli Maor and the noted artist Eugen Jost. Itâs a fascinating collaboration which helps to bridge the gap deplored by C. P. Snow in his classic The Two Cultures. If youâre a lover of geometry, youâll find some of your favorites depicted here â as well as a number of theorems that will undoubtedly be new to many readers (including the interviewer). Each result is accompanied by an original work of art by Eugen Jost. Itâs fascinating not only to read about some of the more piquant results in a field (geometry...