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Mathematical Lives - Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
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Mathematical Lives - Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
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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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