Graham, Loren R. <br/><br/>
Naming infinity :  a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / 
 True story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity 
Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,  2009. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-227) and index. 
<br/><br/>Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now. 
<br/><br/> The intellectual drama will attract readers who are interested in mystical religion and the foundations of mathematics. The personal drama will attract readers who are interested in a human tragedy with characters who met their fates with exceptional courage--Freeman Dyson. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674053915 0674053915 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctvjfbtfv  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA906413  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics--Religious aspects.--Russia (Federation)<br/>Mysticism--Russia (Federation)<br/>Mathematics--Philosophy.--Russia (Federation)<br/>Mathematics--Religious aspects.--France<br/>Mathematics--Philosophy.--France<br/>Set theory.<br/>MATHEMATICS--History & Philosophy.<br/>Mathematics--Philosophy.<br/>Mysticism.<br/>Set theory.<br/>Mengenlehre<br/>Rationalität<br/>Mystizismus<br/>SCIENCE / History
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>France.<br/>Russia (Federation)<br/>Frankreich<br/>Russland.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic book.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA27.R8  / G73 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>510.947/0904