"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-46).Foreword -- 1. Origins -- 2. Background -- 3. Gateways -- 4. Summation -- 5. Disclosure.Few artworks have been the subject of more extensive modern interpretation than Melencolia I by renowned artist, mathematician, and scient…