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Introduction. Mathematics, Numbers and Music. The Fascination of Numbers, between Music and Poetry. The Solitude of LastWords. Mathematics, Poetry and Literature. G¨odel’s Childhood and Other Algorithms. The Wild Number Problem: Math or Fiction? A Play at Dusk. Mathematics in Literature. Mathematics according to Italo Calvino. The Mathematical Mind - Iconography of a Tension. Mathematics and Film Spatial Rhythms in Cinema between the Avant-Garde and Entertainment. vi Contents. Lessons in Mathematics, at the Cinema. Mathematics, Love, and Tattoos. Arithm´etique. Mathematics and Art. L’art du Trait est l’attrait de l’Art. Mathematics and Morphology. Morphogenesis and Dynamical Systems. A View Instantiated by a Performative Design Approach. Empirical Evidence that the World Is Not a Computer. Mathematics, Art and Music Numeri Malefici (Evil Numbers): Homage to Fabio Mauri. From Pollock’s Summertime to Jacksontime. Mathematics as a Tool for the Composition of Jacksontime. Mathematics and Applications. Extracting Information from Chaos: a Case in Climatological Analysis On the Tangible Boundary between Real and Virtual. Contents vii. Fort Marghera and the French and Austrian Plans of Defence. Mathematics and Ants. Myrmedrome: Simulating the Life of an Ant Colony. Ants Searching for a Minimum. Mathematics and Marco. Exotic Spheres and John Milnor. Cellular Automata: the Game of Life. Homage to Alan Turing. Alan M. Turing (1912-1954) Alan Turing and the Poisoned Apple.