Naming infinity: a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity
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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格式: | Print 圖書 |
語言: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press
2009
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In: | Year: 2009 |
評論: | Naming infinity. A true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity. By Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor. Pp. xi+239 incl. 36 ills. Cambridge, MA–London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. £19.95. 978 0 674 03293 4 (2010) (Edwards, Mark, 1962 -)
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Russia
/ Mysticism
/ Set theory
/ Rationality
/ France
/ Natural sciences
/ Theology
/ Religious philosophy
/ History 1900-1950
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Further subjects: | B
Mysticism (Russia (Federation))
B Mathematics (France) Religious aspects B Mathematics (France) Philosophy B Set theory B Mathematics (Russia (Federation)) Religious aspects B Mathematics (Russia (Federation)) Philosophy |
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總結: | 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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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-227) and index |
ISBN: | 0674032934 |