I is a Strange Loop
$27.50
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2021
Summary
I is a Strange Loop: A Mathematical Play
Alone in a cube that’s glowing in the darkness, X is content within its little universe of infinite thought. This solitude is disturbed by the appearance of Y, who insists on exposing X to the richness of the physical world. Each begins to long for what the other has, luring them into a strange loop.
In this play for two variables, Marcus du Sautoy and Victoria Gould use mathematics and theatre to navigate the furthest reaches of our …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571360734 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571360734 |
| Author: | Marcus du Sautoy, Victoria Gould |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 110g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 125mm x 5mm |
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‘I is a Strange Loop is a play that plays with ideas, concepts, abstractions andrelationships that are, usually, hidden from the sight of ordinary mortals, articulatingthe ineffable, incarnating the incorporeal, revealing the inconceivable.It makes us feel we know a great deal more than we do. It is also very funny,utterly compelling and marvellously human.’ - Simon McBurney’[An] ambitious and stimulating piece.’ - Financial Times‘Tackles what it means to be human at a time when advances in technologyand scientific research are hurtling forward with unprecedented speed.’ - British Theatre Guide
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