Love and math, the heart of hidden reality, Edward Frenkel
Type
Label
Love and math, the heart of hidden reality, Edward Frenkel
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Love and math
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
849801108
Responsibility statement
Edward Frenkel
Sub title
the heart of hidden reality
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.-- Publisher information
Table Of 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