Michele Emmer
28 de noviembre de 2023
10:00 horas CDMX
Resumen:
Soap bubbles may seem only children’s games, but actually, they have very clear applications in physics, mathematics and architecture among others. Stemming from art, where, in the sixteenth century they were depicted by many major artists, they have sparked the interest of scientists and mathematicians. In particular the works of Joseph Plateau and the form and laws of soap bubbles and soap films he discovered are the starting points of the modern theory of Minimal Surfaces and the Calculus of Variations.
The advent of computer graphics opened new possibilities for the study of the geometry of
soap bubbles that were completely unthinkable only a few years ago. The presentation
ends with the large exhibition “Soap Bubbles: The Forms and Utopia Between Vanitas, Art
and Science” organized in Perugia, Palazzo dei Priori, March 16/June, 9, 2019, with works
among others of Goltzius, Netscher, Bailly, Chardin, Beckman, Man Ray.
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Michele Emmer is full professor of mathematics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". His area of interest: PDE and minimal surfaces, computer graphics, mathematics and arts, architecture, cinema, culture. Member of the board of the Journal "Leonardo: art, science and technology", MIT Press. Filmmaker, author of the series "Art and Math" broadcasted by the State Italian television and other television; distributed in many countries. Homage in several Film Festivals: Bellaria, Bergamo, Rome Animation, Torino Museo del cinema, La Villette, Paris. He organizes the annual conference on "Mathematics and Culture" at the University of Venice; editor of the series "Mathematics and Culture" and “Imagine Math” by Springer verlag; the series "The Visual Mind" by MIT press; video series "Video math" by Springer verlag, the series “Imagine Math”, Springer verlag.
Last books: “Bolle di sapone tra arte e matematica”, 2009, best Italian essay 2010; “Numeri immaginari: cinema e matematica”, Bollati Boringhieri, 2011; “Il mio Harry’s bar”,