Naming Infinity
A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity
Published on 31. March 2009
256 pages
978-0-674-05391-5 (ISBN)
Description
In 1913, Russian marines stormed an Orthodox monastery at Mt. Athos, Greece to haul off monks engaged in a dangerously heretical practice known as Name Worshipping. The authors take us on an exciting mathematical mystery tour as they unravel a bizarre tale of political struggles, psychological crises, sexual complexities, and ethical dilemmas.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-05391-5 (9780674053915)
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Loren Graham | Jean-Michel Kantor
Naming Infinity
A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity
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03/2009
The Belknap Press
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Content
Contents Introduction 1. Storming a Monastery 2. A Crisis in Mathematics 3. The French Trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire 4. The Russian Trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky 5. Russian Mathematics and Mysticism 6. The Legendary Lusitania 7. Fates of the Russian Trio 8. Lusitania and After 9. The Human in Mathematics, Then and Now Appendix: Luzin?s Personal Archives Notes Acknowledgments Index
