{"product_id":"the-shape-of-content-9781568814445","title":"The Shape of Content","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a collection of creative pieces—poems, short stories, essays, and play excerpts—that give shape to mathematical and scientific content. \u003cem\u003eThe Shape of Content\u003c\/em\u003e portrays by example how various people work creatively with ideas from mathematics and other sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCreative writing about the content of mathematics and science is rare, and creative writing about the activity of mathematical and scientific creation is even rarer. And yet, when it occurs, it can be extremely popular, as well-known plays like \u003cem\u003eProof\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCopenhagen\u003c\/em\u003e, and biographies like \u003cem\u003eA Beautiful Mind\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Loved Only Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e attest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat draws the public to these works? And why, given that something does, are there so few examples of literature that engages these themes? Mathematics and science are part of world culture, part of the human spirit, fit subjects for art of all kinds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608170152172,"sku":"9781568814445","price":247.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781568814445-the-shape-of-content.jpg?v=1778187248","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-shape-of-content-9781568814445","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}