TY  - BOOK
AU  - Graham,Loren R.
AU  - Kantor,Jean-Michel
TI  - Naming infinity: a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity 
SN  - 9780674053915
AV  - QA27.R8 G73 2009eb
U1  - 510.947/0904 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - France
KW  - Set theory
KW  - MATHEMATICS
KW  - History & Philosophy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Mengenlehre
KW  - gnd
KW  - Rationalität
KW  - Mystizismus
KW  - SCIENCE / History
KW  - Frankreich
KW  - Russland
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-227) and index; 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
N2  - 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
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