Dalla matematica dei nodi ai nodi della vita

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Pensare l’impossibile

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Jorge Eielson ha creato un nuovo linguaggio universale, quello dei nodi, espressione straordinariamente moderna dei quipus precolombiani dell’antica civiltà Inca del Perù2.

[…] mathematics is not alien and remote but just a very human exploration of the patterns of the world, one which thrives on play and surprise and beauty. David Mumford, Caroline Series e David Wright1

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  1. D. Mumford, C. Series e D. Wright, Indra’s Pearls, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.

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  2. Vedi P. Citati, La luce della notte, Mondadori, Milano, 1996.

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  3. A. Aimi, “Intervista a Jorge Eielson, un artista totale”, in: Jorge Eielson — Arte come nodo/Nodo come dono, Gli Ori, Pistoia, 2008, p. 57.

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Boi, L. (2012). Dalla matematica dei nodi ai nodi della vita. In: Pensare l’impossibile. I Blu — Pagine di Scienza. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1673-6_7

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