Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity
by Graham, Loren & Jean-Michel Kantor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674032934
- ISBN 13
- 9780674032934
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge & London: Harvard University Press, 2009. Origins of descriptive set theory in Russian mathemeticians' embrace of an abandoned French theory, influenced by heretical Orthodox monks and a mystical tradition known as Name Worshipping; also discusses Russian & French mathematical rivalries in ideas of infinity. Mathematicians noted include Émile Borel, René Baire, Henri Lebesgue; Dmitri Egorov & Nikolai Luzin. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear, near fine. Text clean; x, [2], 239 pages; index, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0034
- Title
- Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity
- Author
- Graham, Loren & Jean-Michel Kantor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674032934
- ISBN 13
- 9780674032934
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge & London
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Religion, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Heresy, Mathematics, Math, Infinity, Philosophy, Descriptive Set Theory,
- Size
- Octavo
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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