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Naming Infinity : A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (252 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674053915
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Naming InfinityDDC classification:
  • 510.947/0904
LOC classification:
  • QA27
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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.
Summary: 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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Intro -- 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.

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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