Imagine Math : Between Culture and Mathematics The Many Faces of Lorenz Knots by M. Abate Lost in a Good Book: Jorge Borges’ Inescapable Labyrinth by W.G. Bloch The Mobius Strip by E. Blondeau The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in Human Sciences: The Attribution of Texts to Antonio Gramsci by D. Benedetto E. Caglioti M. Degli Esposti Exactitude and Extravagance: Andrea Pozzo’s “Viewpoint” by F. Camerota Numeracy Metrology and Mathematics in Mesopotamia: Social and Cultural Practices by G. Chambon The FantasticWorld of Tor’ Bled Nam by M. Emmer From Brigitte Bardot to Angelina Jolie by M. Emmer Visual Harmonies: an Exhibition on Art and Math by M. Emmer The Reconstruction of the Teatro La Fenice: “splendidezze” and “dorature” (Gleam and Gilding) by E. Fabbri Hypatia’s Dream by M. Vincenzi E Pluribus Unum by M. LiCalzi Origami and Partial Differential Equations by P. Marcellini E. Paolini Modern geometry versus modern architecture by I. Birindelli R. Cedrone The Apse Scenes in the Prospective Inventions of Andrea Pozzo by S. Carandini Emilio Prini Alison Knowles and Art’s Logic by C. Lauf Connecting Ventricular Assist Devices to the Aorta: a Numerical Model by J. Bonnemain S. Deparis A. Quarteroni Aperiodic Tiling by G.M. Todesco Andrea Pozzo: Art Culture and Mathematics by M. Costamagna Women’s Contributions to the Progress of Mathematics: Lights and Shadows by E. Strickland The Mathematical Ideas of Luca Pacioli Depicted by Iacopo de’ Barbari in the Doppio ritratto by E. Gamba All the numbers end in numbers. On a work by Alighiero Boetti by A. Valle De divina proportione: From a Renaissance Treatise to a Multimedia Work for Theatre by S. Sorini Waiting for ABRACADABRA. Occurrences of words and leading numbers by E. De Santis F. Spizzichino. . Imagine mathematics imagine with the help of mathematics imagine new worlds new geometries new forms. This book is intended to contribute to grasping how much that is interesting and new is happening in the relationships between mathematics imagination and culture. With a look at the past at figures and events that help to understand the phenomena of today. It is no coincidence that this volume contains an homage to the great Italian artist of the 1700s Andrea Pozzo and his perspective views. Theatre art and architecture are the topics of choice along with music literature and cinema. No less important are applications of mathematics to medicine and economics. The treatment is rigorous but captivating detailed but full of evocations an all embracing look at the world of mathematics and culture .