InhaltsangabeThe misuse of mathematics.- Mathematics and literature.- Applied partial differential equations: visualization by photography.- The spirit of algebra.- Theory and applications of Raptor codes.- Other geometries in architecture: bubbles, knots and minimal surfaces.- Soft matter: mathematical models of smart materials.- Soap films and soap bubbles: from Plateau to the olympic swimming pool in Beijing.- Games suggest how to define rational behavior. Surprising aspects of interactive decision theory.- Archaeoastronomy at Giza: the ancient Egyptians' mathematical astronomy in action.- Mathematics and food: a tasty binomium.- Detecting structural complexity: from visiometrics to genomics and brain research.- Recreative mathematics: soldiers, eggs and a pirate crew.- Mathematical magic and society.- Little Tom Thumb among cells: seeking the cues of life.- Adam's Pears.- Mathematics enters the picture.- Multi-physics models for bio-hybrid device simulation.- Stress detection: a sonic approach.- Vulnerability to climate change: mathematics as a language to clarify concepts.