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Graham, Loren R.,

Naming infinity : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / True story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

ISBN: 9780674053915 (electronic bk.) 0674053915 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)

Source: 22573/ctvjfbtfv JSTOR

LCCN:

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA906413 bnb GBA906413. bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mathematics--Religious aspects.--Russia (Federation)
Mysticism--Russia (Federation)
Mathematics--Philosophy.--Russia (Federation)
Mathematics--Religious aspects.--France
Mathematics--Philosophy.--France
Set theory.
Mysticisme--Russie.
Mathématiques--Philosophie.--Russie
Mathématiques--Philosophie.--France
Théorie des ensembles.
MATHEMATICS--History & Philosophy.
SCIENCE--History.
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Mysticism.
Set theory.
Mengenlehre
Rationalität
Mystizismus

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France.
Russia (Federation)
Frankreich
Russland

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QA27.R8 / G73 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 510.947/0904