| Description |
1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
The intellectual drama will attract readers who are interested in mystical religion and the foundations of mathematics. The personal drama will attract readers who are interested in a human tragedy with characters who met their fates with exceptional courage--Freeman Dyson. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-227) and index. |
| Contents |
Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Russia (Federation) -- Religious aspects.
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Mathematics. |
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Russia (Federation) |
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Mysticism -- Russia (Federation)
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Mysticism. |
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Mathematics -- Russia (Federation) -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
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Mathematics -- France -- Religious aspects.
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France. |
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Mathematics -- France -- Philosophy.
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Set theory.
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Set theory. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kantor, Jean-Michel.
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| Added Title |
True story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Graham, Loren R. Naming infinity. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009 9780674032934 (DLC) 2008041334 (OCoLC)255142906 |
| ISBN |
9780674053915 (electronic book) |
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0674053915 (electronic book) |
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9780674032934 (alkaline paper) |
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0674032934 (alkaline paper) |
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