Mathematical Lives: Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (2011)

By: Angelo Guerraggio and Kim Williams and Roberto Lucchetti and Claudio Bartocci and Renato Betti

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Synopsis: 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.’

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783642136061
Related ISBNs:: 9783642136054
Publisher:: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Addition:: 07/19/22
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: CLAUDIO BARTOCCI
Edited by:: Renato Betti
Edited by:: Angelo Guerraggio
Edited by:: Roberto Lucchetti
Translator:: Kim Williams