In addition to linear perspective, complex numbers and probability were notable discoveries of the Renaissance. While the power of perspective, which transformed Renaissance art, was quickly recognized, the scientific establishment treated both complex numbers and probability with much suspicion. It was only in the twentieth century that quantum theory showed how probability might be molded from complex numbers and defined the notion of "complex probability amplitude." From a theoretical point of view, however, the space opened to painting by linear perspective and that opened to science by...
In addition to linear perspective, complex numbers and probability were notable discoveries of the Renaissance. While the power of perspective, which ...
This book extends Leonardo da Vinci's vision of painting to issues of mathematics and encourages the reader to see science as an art. It restores a visual dimension to mathematical sciences.
This book extends Leonardo da Vinci's vision of painting to issues of mathematics and encourages the reader to see science as an art. It restores a vi...
