Naming infinity : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity /
Graham, Loren R.
Kantor, Jean-Michel.
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2009.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-227) and index.
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.
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.
Mathematics
Mysticism
Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics
Set theory.