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The Weil Conjectures
On Maths and the Pursuit of the Unknown
Taschenbuch von Karen Olsson
Sprache: Englisch

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_______________'Beguiling ... I was riveted. Olsson is evocative on curiosity as an appetite of the mind, on the pleasure of glutting oneself on knowledge' - New York Times'A wonderful book ... Reading it is akin to kicking a can along the road of higher learning' - Patti Smith

'A remarkable tour de force' - Standpoint_______________

Simone Weil: philosopher, political activist, mystic - and sister to André, one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. These two extraordinary siblings formed an obsession for Karen Olsson, who studied mathematics at Harvard, only to turn to writing as a vocation.

When Olsson got hold of the 1940 letters between the siblings, she found they shared a curiosity about the inception of creative thought - that flash of insight - that Olsson experienced as both a mathematics student, and later, a novelist.

Following this thread of connections, The Weil Conjectures explores the lives of Simone and André, the lore and allure of mathematics, and its significance in Olsson's own life.
_______________'Beguiling ... I was riveted. Olsson is evocative on curiosity as an appetite of the mind, on the pleasure of glutting oneself on knowledge' - New York Times'A wonderful book ... Reading it is akin to kicking a can along the road of higher learning' - Patti Smith

'A remarkable tour de force' - Standpoint_______________

Simone Weil: philosopher, political activist, mystic - and sister to André, one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. These two extraordinary siblings formed an obsession for Karen Olsson, who studied mathematics at Harvard, only to turn to writing as a vocation.

When Olsson got hold of the 1940 letters between the siblings, she found they shared a curiosity about the inception of creative thought - that flash of insight - that Olsson experienced as both a mathematics student, and later, a novelist.

Following this thread of connections, The Weil Conjectures explores the lives of Simone and André, the lore and allure of mathematics, and its significance in Olsson's own life.
Über den Autor
Karen Olsson
Zusammenfassung
For fans of Maggie Nelson, Carlo Rovelli, Olivia Laing's The Lonely City (21,427 TCM), Rebecca Solnit's A Fieldguide to Getting Lost (16,608 TCM), and Roland Barthes' A Lover's Discourse
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9781526607546
ISBN-10: 1526607549
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Olsson, Karen
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 197 x 132 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Karen Olsson
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.07.2020
Gewicht: 0,187 kg
Artikel-ID: 118001376
Über den Autor
Karen Olsson
Zusammenfassung
For fans of Maggie Nelson, Carlo Rovelli, Olivia Laing's The Lonely City (21,427 TCM), Rebecca Solnit's A Fieldguide to Getting Lost (16,608 TCM), and Roland Barthes' A Lover's Discourse
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9781526607546
ISBN-10: 1526607549
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Olsson, Karen
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 197 x 132 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Karen Olsson
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.07.2020
Gewicht: 0,187 kg
Artikel-ID: 118001376
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