Overview
Introduction
Mathematics in the New Millennium
by Evelyn Lamb
Section 1: Frontiers of Mathematics
1.1 The Whole Universe Catalog
by Stephen Ornes
1.2 The Shapes of Space
by Graham P. Collins
1.3 Sphere Packing in the nth Dimension
by Evelyn Lamb
Section 2: The Body Mathematic
2.1 Outcalculating the Competition
by Heather Wax
2.2 The Generative Geometry of Seashells
by Derek E Moulton, Alain Goriely and Régis Chirat
2.3 Modeling the Flu
by Adam J. Kucharski
2.4 Cracking the Brain’s Enigma Code
by Helen Shen
Section 3: Mathematics for Understanding the Physical World
3.1 How Einstein Discovered Reality
by Walter Isaacson
3.2 The Strangest Numbers in String Theory
by John C. Baez and John Huerta
3.3 Walls of Water
by Dana Mackenzie
3.4 The Particle Code
by Matthew von Hippel
Section 4: Mathematics and Human Culture
4.1 Geometry v. Gerrymandering
by Moon Duchin
4.2 Hacking Passwords with Math
by Jean-Paul Delahaye
4.3 Art by the Numbers
by Stephen Ornes
Section 5: The Outer Limits
5.1 Gödel’s Proof
by Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman
5.2 The Limits of Reason
by Gregory Chaitin
5.3 The Unsolvable Problem
by Toby S. Cubitt, David Pérez-García and Michael Wolf