Naming infinity : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Graham, Loren R. (Autor), Kantor, Jean-Michel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Mathematics > Russia (Federation) > Religious aspects.
Mysticism > Russia (Federation)
Mathematics > Russia (Federation) > Philosophy.
Mathematics > France > Religious aspects.
Mathematics > France > Philosophy.
Set theory.
Mysticisme > Russie.
Mathématiques > Russie > Philosophie.
Mathématiques > France > Philosophie.
Théorie des ensembles.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
SCIENCE > History.
Mathematics > Religious aspects
Mathematics > Philosophy
Mysticism
Set theory
Mengenlehre
Rationalität
Mystizismus
France
Russia (Federation)
Frankreich
Russland
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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