Mathematical Lives
Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles
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Author
Contributions
- Betti, Renato - Contributor
- Guerraggio, Angelo, 1948- - Contributor
- Lucchetti, R. (Roberto), 1950- - Contributor
- SpringerLink (Online service) - Contributor
Publication
2011 - Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg
Language
English
Word Count
59,500 words, Guess
Page Count
238 pages
Physical Format
[electronic resource] :
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25571868M
- ISBN-139783642136054
- OCLC Control Number646114251
- OCLC Control Numbermathematicallive00bart_720
- Library of Congress Control Number2010933446
Classifications
- LCCQA28 .M36513 2011
Description
Steps forward in mathematics often reverberate in other scientific disciplines, and give rise to innovative conceptual developments or find surprising technological applications. This volume brings to the forefront some of the proponents of the mathematics of the twentieth century, who have put at our disposal new and powerful instruments for investigating the reality around us. The portraits present people who have impressive charisma and wide-ranging cultural interests, who are passionate about defending the importance of their own research, are sensitive to beauty, and attentive to the social and political problems of their times. What we have sought to document is mathematics’ central position in the culture of our day. Space has been made not only for the great mathematicians but also for literary texts, including contributions by two apparent interlopers, Robert Musil and Raymond Queneau, for whom mathematical concepts represented a valuable tool for resolving the struggle between ‘soul and precision.’
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