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UNINA9910457168603321 |
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Circles disturbed [[electronic resource] ] : the interplay of mathematics and narrative / / edited by Apostolos Doxiadis and Barry Mazur |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
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1-283-45704-0 |
9786613457042 |
1-4008-4268-9 |
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[Core Textbook] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (593 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DoxiadēsApostolos K. <1953-> |
MazurBarry |
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Mathematics - Language |
Communication in mathematics |
Mathematics - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. From Voyagers to Martyrs / Alexander, Amir -- Chapter 2. Structure of Crystal, Bucket of Dust / Galison, Peter -- Chapter 3. Deductive Narrative and the Epistemological Function of Belief in Mathematics / Nave, Federicala -- Chapter 4. Hilbert on Theology and Its Discontents / Mclarty, Colin -- Chapter 5. Do Androids Prove Theorems in Their Sleep? / Harris, Michael -- Chapter 6. Visions, Dreams, and Mathematics / Mazur, Barry -- Chapter 7. Vividness in Mathematics and Narrative / Gowers, Timothy -- Chapter 8. Mathematics and Narrative / Teissier, Bernard -- Chapter 9. Narrative and the Rationality of Mathematical Practice / Corfield, David -- Chapter 10. A Streetcar Named (among Other Things) Proof / Doxiadis, Apostolos -- Chapter 11. Mathematics and Narrative: An Aristotelian Perspective / Lloyd, G . E . R . -- Chapter 12. Adventures of the Diagonal: Non-Euclidean Mathematics and Narrative / Plotnitsky, Arkady -- Chapter 13. Formal Models in Narrative Analysis / Herman, David -- Chapter 14. Mathematics and Narrative: A Narratological Perspective / Margolin, Uri -- Chapter 15. Tales of |
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Contingency, Contingencies of Telling / Meister, Jan Christoph -- Contributors -- Index |
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Circles Disturbed brings together important thinkers in mathematics, history, and philosophy to explore the relationship between mathematics and narrative. The book's title recalls the last words of the great Greek mathematician Archimedes before he was slain by a Roman soldier--"Don't disturb my circles"--words that seem to refer to two radically different concerns: that of the practical person living in the concrete world of reality, and that of the theoretician lost in a world of abstraction. Stories and theorems are, in a sense, the natural languages of these two worlds--stories representing the way we act and interact, and theorems giving us pure thought, distilled from the hustle and bustle of reality. Yet, though the voices of stories and theorems seem totally different, they share profound connections and similarities. A book unlike any other, Circles Disturbed delves into topics such as the way in which historical and biographical narratives shape our understanding of mathematics and mathematicians, the development of "myths of origins" in mathematics, the structure and importance of mathematical dreams, the role of storytelling in the formation of mathematical intuitions, the ways mathematics helps us organize the way we think about narrative structure, and much more. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Amir Alexander, David Corfield, Peter Galison, Timothy Gowers, Michael Harris, David Herman, Federica La Nave, G.E.R. Lloyd, Uri Margolin, Colin McLarty, Jan Christoph Meister, Arkady Plotnitsky, and Bernard Teissier. |
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UNINA9910786712903321 |
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Autore |
Wolf Diane L |
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Beyond Anne Frank [[electronic resource] ] : hidden children and postwar families in Holland / / Diane L. Wolf |
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Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007 |
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1-282-35846-4 |
1-4337-0131-6 |
1-4294-5576-4 |
9786612358463 |
0-520-93970-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (419 p.) |
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Collana |
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S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies Beyond Anne Frank |
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Jews - Persecutions - Netherlands |
Hidden children (Holocaust) - Netherlands |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Netherlands |
Holocaust survivors - Netherlands |
Netherlands Ethnic relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The History and Memory of Hidden Children -- 2. Before and During the War: The Netherlands and the Jews -- 3. After the War: The Jews and the Netherlands -- 4. "My Mother Screamed and Screamed": Memories of Occupation, War, and Hiding -- 5. "I Came Home, but I Was Homesick": When Both Parents Returned -- 6. "They Were Out of Their Minds": When One Parent Returned -- 7. "Who Am I?": Orphans Living with Families -- 8. "There Was Never a Kind Word": Life in Jewish Orphanages -- 9. Creating Postwar Lives, Creating Collective Memory: From the Personal to the Political -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
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The image of the Jewish child hiding from the Nazis was shaped by Anne Frank, whose house-the most visited site in the Netherlands- has become a shrine to the Holocaust. Yet while Anne Frank's story |
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continues to be discussed and analyzed, her experience as a hidden child in wartime Holland is anomalous-as this book brilliantly demonstrates. Drawing on interviews with seventy Jewish men and women who, as children, were placed in non-Jewish families during the Nazi occupation of Holland, Diane L. Wolf paints a compelling portrait of Holocaust survivors whose experiences were often diametrically opposed to the experiences of those who suffered in concentration camps. Although the war years were tolerable for most of these children, it was the end of the war that marked the beginning of a traumatic time, leading many of those interviewed here to remark, "My war began after the war." This first in-depth examination of hidden children vividly brings to life their experiences before, during, and after hiding and analyzes the shifting identities, memories, and family dynamics that marked their lives from childhood through advanced age. Wolf also uncovers anti-Semitism in the policies and practices of the Dutch state and the general population, which historically have been portrayed as relatively benevolent toward Jewish residents. The poignant family histories in Beyond Anne Frank demonstrate that we can understand the Holocaust more deeply by focusing on postwar lives. |
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