The Artist and the Mathematician by Amir D Aczel

The Artist and the Mathematician by Amir D Aczel

From the author of Fermat's Last Theorem and Chance Nicolas Bourbaki, whose mathematical publications began to appear in the late 1930s was a direct product as well as a major force behind an important revolution that took place in the early decades of the twentieth century that completely changed Western culture. Pure mathematics, the area of Bourbaki's work, seems to be an abstract field of human study with no direct connection with the real world. In reality, however, it is closely linked with the general culture that surrounds it. Major developments in mathematics have often followed important trends in popular culture; developments in mathematics have acted as harbingers of change in the surrounding human culture. The seeds of change, the beginnings of the revolution that swept the Western world in the early decades of the twentieth century - both in mathematics and in other areas - were sown late in the previous century. This is the story both of Bourbaki and the world that created him in that time. It is the story of an elaborate intellectual joke - because Bourbaki, one of the foremost mathematicians of his day - never existed.

a fascinating topic -- Kirkus Reviews
lay readers interested in mathematical history will learn a lot they didn't know from Aczel's latest book -- Publishers Weekly
Aczel is known as a masterful storyteller, a polymath and a remarkably productive writer - nearly a book a year for the last decadeIn jest, one wonders whether Amir D. Aczel might not be a pseudonym for a secret society of scribes. As far as literary bonbons go, The Artist and the Mathematician is not quite the quality of a melt-in-your-mouth French truffle, but for those who crave a hit it is well worth a weekend's reading -- Siobhan Roberts * The Globe & Mail (Canada) *

Amir D. Aczel is the author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Mystery of the Aleph, God's Equation, The Riddle of the Compass and Chance, among many other titles. His work has been translated into French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Turkish, Hebrew, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish and Finnish.

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ISBN 13	9781843440390
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Titel	The Artist and the Mathematician
Autor	Amir D Aczel
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Oldcastle Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2007-09-20
Seitenanzahl	256
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