具体描述
In "Love and Math," Berkeley professor Edward Frenkel shows that mathematics, far from occupying a specialist niche, goes to the heart of all matter and unites us across cultures, continents, and centuries. In this heartfelt and passionate book, Frenkel reveals a side of mathematics we've never seen, suffused with all the beauty and wonder of a work of art, appealing not only to the cerebral, but to the human and the spiritual.
"Love and Math" tells two intertwined stories: of amazing mathematics and of the journey of one young man learning and living it. Growing up in Russia, Frenkel was denied entrance to university to study mathematics because of discriminatory policies. Yet with the help of his mentors he circumvented the system to become one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians. He now works on one of the biggest ideas to come out of mathematics in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program, considered by many to be a Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics.
While most people are not blocked from studying mathematics, many see it as being impenetrable, or worse, irrelevant to their lives. At its core, "Love and Math" is a story about gaining entry to the previously inaccessible, which can enrich our lives and empower us to understand better the world and our place in it. It is an invitation to discover the wonders of the hidden universe of mathematics.
用户评价
##Frenkel传奇的半生。这里面的科普，行外人是看不懂的吧
评分##作者毫不犹豫的将自己的研究原汁原味的展现, 因为数学之爱能冲破所有的障碍
评分##A quick and fun read
评分##我没看懂他怎么解释Gelois Group，没看懂什么是Langlands Program，但是我想我看懂了他想说什么
评分##an analogy: geometric Langlands abstracted from algebraic Langlands
评分##头一次看到有关于数学的科普书来解释Langlands program, 或者准备一点儿说，是关于geometric langlands program的，很喜欢书里提到的那封A. Weil写给他妹妹的信，记得原来读E.Frenkle的那篇lecture note时候就有提到这个，特别有共鸣
评分##Frenkel传奇的半生。这里面的科普，行外人是看不懂的吧
评分##作者毫不犹豫的将自己的研究原汁原味的展现, 因为数学之爱能冲破所有的障碍
评分##A good motivation for studying math.
