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UNINA9910460330303321 |
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Graham Loren R |
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Naming infinity [[electronic resource] ] : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / / Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Mathematics - Russia (Federation) - Religious aspects |
Mysticism - Russia (Federation) |
Mathematics - Russia (Federation) - Philosophy |
Mathematics - France - Religious aspects |
Mathematics - France - Philosophy |
Set theory |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-227) and index. |
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Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now. |
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In 1913, Russian imperial marines stormed an Orthodox monastery at Mt. Athos, Greece to haul off monks engaged in a dangerously heretical practice known as Name Worshipping. Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor take us on an exciting mathematical mystery tour as they unravel a bizarre tale of political struggles, psychological crises, sexual complexities, and ethical dilemmas. The men and women of the leading French and Russian mathematical schools are central characters in this absorbing tale that could not be told until now. Naming Infinity is a poignant human interest story that raises provocative questions about science and religion, intuition and creativity. |
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UNINA9910785212303321 |
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Autore |
Colman Jonathan |
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The foreign policy of Lyndon B. Johnson : the United States and the world, 1963-1969 / / Jonathan Colman |
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Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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0-7486-8681-9 |
0-7486-5269-8 |
1-282-89984-8 |
9786612899843 |
0-7486-4328-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015). |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The Johnson White House and foreign policy -- Vietnam : going to war, 1963-5 -- Vietnam : waging war, 1965-9 -- Two allies : Britain and France -- NATO nuclear sharing and troop offset -- Two adversaries : The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China -- Two cities in the Middle East : Cyprus, 1964 and the Six-Day War, 1967 -- The Western Hemisphere : The Alliance for Progress, Cuba and the Dominican Republic -- Dollars and gold: monetary and trade policy -- Conclusion. |
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This book will offer a fresh up-to-date balanced overview of Johnson's policies across a range of theatres and issues with the aim of generating a proper understanding of his successes and failures in foreign policy. |
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