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Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Loren Graham; Jean-Michel Kantor
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.
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- Title Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity
- Author Loren Graham; Jean-Michel Kantor
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Belknap Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-03-01
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780674032934 / 0674032934
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.1 in (21.08 x 14.73 x 2.79 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: French
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects Set theory, Mathematics - Russia (Federation) -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008041334
- Dewey Decimal Code 510.947
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 03/01/2009, Page 12
- Choice, 08/01/2009, Page 0
- Christianity Today, 07/01/2009, Page 56
- London Review of Books, 08/27/2009, Page 28
- Scientific American, 04/01/2009, Page 83
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Cambridge & London: Harvard University Press, 2009. Origins of descriptive set theory in Russian mathemeticians' embrace of an abandoned French theory, influenced by heretical Orthodox monks and a mystical tradition known as Name Worshipping; also discusses Russian & French mathematical rivalries in ideas of infinity. Mathematicians noted include Émile Borel, René Baire, Henri Lebesgue; Dmitri Egorov & Nikolai Luzin. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear, near fine. Text clean; x, [2], 239 pages; index, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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