Conversations with a mathematician : math, art, science and the limits of reason : a collection of his most wide ranging and non-technical lectures and interviews
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | German |
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London [u.a.] :
Springer,
2002
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Inhaltsangabe:
- A century of controversy over the foundations of mathematics
- How to be a mathematician
- The creative life: science vs. art
- Algorithmic information theory and the foundations of mathematics
- Randomness in arithmetic
- The reason for my life
- Undecidability and randomness in pure mathematics
- Math, science and fantasy
- Sensual mathematics
- Final thoughts
- Recommended further reading