| Description |
292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-282) and index. |
| Contents |
A mysterious beast -- The essence of symmetry -- The fifth problem -- Kerosinka -- Threads of the solution -- Apprentice mathematician -- The Grand Unified Theory -- Magic numbers -- Rosetta Stone -- Being in the loop -- Conquering the summit -- Tree of knowledge -- Harvard calling -- Tying the sheaves of wisdom -- A delicate dance -- Quantum duality -- Uncovering hidden connections -- Searching for the formula of love. |
| Summary |
Love and Math tells the two intertwined stories of mathematics and the adventure of one man in learning it. The result is a story about how he became one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians, working on one of the biggest ideas to come out of mathematics in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. As Frenkel proves, a mathematical formula can be as elegant and beautiful as a painting, a poem, or a piece of music. And the process of creating new mathematics is just that, an artistic pursuit-- a deeply personal experience, which requires passion, dedication, and love. In Love and Math, Frenkel shows readers the aesthetic-- and the truly powerful-- side of mathematics, and enables appreciation of the field even from those who have long been terrified by it. |
| Subject |
Frenkel, Edward, 1968-
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Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
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| Spine Title |
Love & math |
| ISBN |
9780465050741 hardback $27.99 |
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0465050743 hardback |
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