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Michele Emmer is professor of mathematics at La Sapienza University in Rome. He has made eighteen films in the series “Arte e matematica”, including a film on Escher. He is the editor of the book series “Mathematics and Culture” (Springer) and “The Visual Mind” (MIT Press). His latest books are: Bolle di sapone tra arte e matematica (Bollati Boringhieri, 2009), winner of the 2010 Viareggio Prize; Flatlandia by E. Abbott, accompanied a film on DVD by the same name with music by Ennio Morricone (Bollati Boringhieri, 2008); Visibili armonie. Arte cinema teatro e matematica (Bollati Boringhieri, 2007); The Visual Mind 2 (MIT Press, 2006); M. C. Escher’s Legacy (Springer, 2003), Mathematics and Culture VI (Springer, 2009); Numeri immaginari. Cinema e matematica (Bollati Boringhieri, 2011); Matematica e cultura 2011 (Springer, 2011).

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.-