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Questo libro racconta due storie. C'è la passione travolgente di un matematico per il suo lavoro, che lo ha portato a diventare uno dei massimi esponenti al mondo del "programma di Langlands", considerato la teoria del tutto della matematica. E poi c'è la storia straordinaria della vita di quel matematico, Edward Frenkel: per lui i numeri non sono stati solo una grande passione, ma anche uno strumento di libertà e la chiave per sfuggire al regime oppressivo e antisemita dell'Unione Sovietica. Al centro di questo saggio autobiografico c'è poi un messaggio ancora più profondo: l'invito a un nuovo modo di pensare, a rompere le barriere del convenzionale, a considerare la matematica come una fonte di conoscenza senza tempo.
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- Pagine: 331
- Data di uscita: 20-03-2019
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I wanted so much to love this book, but it was difficult. About half of the book is about Frenkel's life; and it was fascinating. The other half, interleaved with his memoirs, are descriptions of Frenkel's mathematical work and discoveries. I had a great deal of trouble following the descriptions of Leggi tutto
I loved this book and found it riveting. My parents gave it to me last Christmas, and I avoided reading it because the cover and description didn't give many clues as to the content. (Sadly, I DO judge books by their covers.) I'd also never heard of Frenkel (yikes, that's embarrassing). Once I crack Leggi tutto
Uma discussão legal sobre a matemática por trás da física moderna, que gira em torno da auto-biografia do autor. Muito legal ouvir o que era alguém judeu se formar em matemática na época da União Soviética. Acabei apreciando mais pela história do que pelos conceitos passados. Já que perdi bastante p Leggi tutto
The general tone of negative and middling reviews for this book suggest why it is (especially in countries like the United States) that while popular science seems to be embraced more and more by the masses, actual scientific and mathematical literary seems to be on the decline or finds itself at le Leggi tutto
This is, comfortably, the best popular math book I’ve ever had the fortune to lay my eyes on. I have a couple degrees in the subject. One in applied math, that I studied in college, and one in pure math that I got twelve years later. Indeed, I coincided with the author at Harvard, and his description Leggi tutto
update : i finally gave up on this book. i just cannot make myself read any more of it. original review in progress: So I am slogging my way through this new memoir aptly named 'Love and Math' from a Russian Jewish mathematician. I haven't gotten to any bits about love between people yet (I was hopin Leggi tutto
An overly ambitious attempt by a brilliant mathematician to inculcate his love for the subject into a lay audience. The topic is modern mathematics, beyond the usual math we have mostly been exposed to in school. When he says "algebra" he means abstract algebra. Similarly for "group," "field," "cate Leggi tutto
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