03283nam 2200745 a 450 991096652080332120200520144314.09780674053915067405391510.4159/9780674053915(CKB)2670000000040578(OCoLC)651657407(CaPaEBR)ebrary10399444(SSID)ssj0000423723(PQKBManifestationID)11300344(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423723(PQKBWorkID)10468665(PQKB)11112859(MiAaPQ)EBC3300779(Au-PeEL)EBL3300779(CaPaEBR)ebr10399444(DE-B1597)574322(DE-B1597)9780674053915(OCoLC)1294423839(Perlego)1148558(EXLCZ)99267000000004057820080918d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNaming infinity a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity /Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20091 online resource (252 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674032934 0674032934 Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-227) and index.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.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.MathematicsRussia (Federation)Religious aspectsMysticismRussia (Federation)MathematicsRussia (Federation)PhilosophyMathematicsFranceReligious aspectsMathematicsFrancePhilosophySet theoryMathematicsReligious aspects.MysticismMathematicsPhilosophy.MathematicsReligious aspects.MathematicsPhilosophy.Set theory.510.947/0904BH 3200rvkGraham Loren R47336Kantor Jean-Michel1804822MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966520803321Naming infinity4353059UNINA