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" Love and math : "
Edward Frenkel.
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BL
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629100
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Frenkel, Edward,1968-
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Love and math : : the heart of hidden reality /\ Edward Frenkel.
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292 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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9780465050741 (hardback)
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: 0465050743 (hardback)
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9780465069958 (e-book)
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: 0465069959 (e-book)
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: 9780465069958 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-282) and index.
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| Contents
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A mysterious beast -- The essence of symmetry -- The fifth problem -- Kerosinka -- Threads of the solution -- Apprentice mathematician -- The Grand Unified Theory -- Magic numbers -- Rosetta Stone -- Being in the loop -- Conquering the summit -- Tree of knowledge -- Harvard calling -- Tying the sheaves of wisdom -- A delicate dance -- Quantum duality -- Uncovering hidden connections -- Searching for the formula of love.
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"Love and Math tells the two intertwined stories of mathematics and the adventure of one man in learning it. The result is a story about how he became one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians, working on one of the biggest ideas to come out of mathematics in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. As Frenkel proves, a mathematical formula can be as elegant and beautiful as a painting, a poem, or a piece of music. And the process of creating new mathematics is just that, an artistic pursuit--a deeply personal experience, which requires passion, dedication, and love. In Love and Math, Frenkel shows readers the aesthetic--and the truly powerful--side of mathematics, and enables appreciation of the field even from those who have long been terrified by it."--
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Frenkel, Edward,1968-
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Mathematicians-- United States, Biography.
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Mathematics, Miscellanea.
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| Dewey Classification
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510.92B
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QA29.F725F74 2013
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Love & math
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