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The Artist and the Mathematician

The Artist and the Mathematician The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed

Hardback (26 Apr 2007)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Nicolas Bourbaki, whose mathematical publications began to appear in the late 1930s, was a direct product of and major force behind an important revolution that took place in the early part of the 20th century: pure maths - a seemingly abstract field of human study with no direct connection to the real world, but in reality closely linked to the culture that surrounds it. This is the story of Bourbaki and the world that created him at that time - the story of an elaborate intellectual joke, because this extremely influential mathematician never existed.

Book information

ISBN: 9781843440345
Publisher: Oldcastle Books
Imprint: High Stakes Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 510.9
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 239
Weight: 383g
Height: 186mm
Width: 124mm
Spine width: 194mm