Miracles, Mystics, Mathematicians - Searching for Deep Reality

This book focuses on the lives and writings of some of history's most influential mathematicians, and the impact that their mystical beliefs had on their lives and on their mathematical work.

List of contents

Chapter 1. On Defining Mystics, Miracles, and Mathematicians. Chapter 2. From Mathematics to Mysticism and Back. Chapter 3. Alexander Grothendieck: the Man Who Searched. Chapter 3. Kurt Gödel: The Man Who Proved. Chapter 4. Alan Turing and the 'Joke'. Chapter 5. A Gallery of Mystics and Mathematicians: First Digest. Chapter 6. The Many Lives of Bertus Brouwer. Chapter 7. Srinivasa Ramanujan. Chapter 8. Augustus De Morgan and His Wife Sophia. Chapter 9. Leibniz and Newton. Chapter 10. The Multitalented Blaise Pascal. Chapter 11. René Descartes: The Philosopher and the Warrior. Chapter 12. Cardano: The Psychic Mystic. Chapter 13. A Gallery of Mystics and Mathematicians: First Digest. Chapter 14. The Great Pythagoras.

About the author

Sasho Kalajdzievski is a professor in the Mathematics department at the University of Manitoba.

Summary

This book focuses on the lives and writings of some of history’s most influential mathematicians, and the impact that their mystical beliefs had on their lives and on their mathematical work.

Product details

• Authors: Sasho Kalajdzievski, Sasho (University of Manitoba Kalajdzievski, Kalajdzievski Sasho
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9781032251325
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3225132-5
• No. of pages: 217
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous; MATHEMATICS / Applied, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics, Applied mathematics, Mathematical foundations