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Mathematical Lives - Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (Hardcover, 2011 ed.): Claudio Bartocci,... Mathematical Lives - Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Claudio Bartocci, Renato Betti, Angelo Guerraggio, Roberto Lucchetti; Translated by Kim Williams
R1,321 R1,124 Discovery Miles 11 240 Save R197 (15%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

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.'

Mathematical Lives - Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (Paperback, 2011 ed.): Claudio Bartocci,... Mathematical Lives - Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Claudio Bartocci, Renato Betti, Angelo Guerraggio, Roberto Lucchetti; Translated by Kim Williams
R1,189 R993 Discovery Miles 9 930 Save R196 (16%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

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.'

Storie e protagonisti della matematica italiana - per raccontare 20 anni di "Lettera Matematica Pristem" (Italian, Paperback,... Storie e protagonisti della matematica italiana - per raccontare 20 anni di "Lettera Matematica Pristem" (Italian, Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Renato Betti, Angelo Guerraggio, Settimo Termini
R888 R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Save R122 (14%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

20 anni fa anzi qualcuno in piu iniziava le sue pubblicazioni Lettera Matematica PRISTEM, espressione di un gruppo di ricerca della Bocconi cui aderiscono anche docenti e studiosi di altre Universita. La Lettera ha rappresentato un tentativo coraggioso di svecchiare la comunicazione matematica, di renderla meno accademica e piu giornalistica con l uso delle immagini, del colore e di un linguaggio diretto. Un tentativo di inserire la Matematica nei piu ampi processi che riguardano la scuola e la societa.

In questo libro, i tre direttori della rivista sfogliano le sue annate per ricordare storie e personaggi (matematici e non) attorno a cui la Lettera e cresciuta e che di fatto hanno contribuito alla formazione della sua linea editoriale.

Le testimonianze, i ricordi e i commenti sono seguiti anno per anno da un articolo comparso quell anno sulla Lettera . Ne esce una descrizione del mondo matematico, visto dall interno, molto piu vivace di quanto solitamente si pensa che sia. Altro che semplice calcolo La Matematica va avanti e la Lettera racconta in quali direzioni. Talora procede con appassionate discussioni e qualche polemica che accompagna la ricerca o l insegnamento o la gestione delle istituzioni scientifiche: anche di queste, in 20 anni, la Lettera ha cercato di dare puntualmente conto.

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