Naming infinity
a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity
True story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity
Graham, Loren R.
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Kantor, Jean-Michel.
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Cambridge, Mass
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2009
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1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations
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.
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.
Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-227) and index.
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Naming infinity
Graham, Loren R.
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009
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