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ARTIST AND THE MATHEMATICIAN, THE : The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed... - Hardcover
Nicolas Bourbaki, whose mathematical publications began to appear in the late 1930s, was a direct product of and major force behind an important revolution that took place in the early part of the 20th century: pure maths - a seemingly abstract field of human study with no direct connection to the real world, but in reality closely linked to the culture that surrounds it. This is the story of Bourbaki and the world that created him at that time - the story of an elaborate intellectual joke, because this extremely influential mathematician never existed.
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239 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout and covered in a protective plastic. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. Bourbaki Did Not Exist. He Was Dreamt Up By A Playful Clique Of French Maths Professors In The Mid-1930s Who Used Bourbaki Pseudonym To Tear Mathematics Down To Its Foundations.
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Nicolas Bourbaki, whose mathematical publications began to appear in the late 1930s was a direct product as well as a major force behind an important revolution that took place in the early decades of the twentieth century that completely changed Western culture.Pure mathematics, the area of Bourbaki's work, seems to be an abstract field of human study with no direct connection with the real world. In reality, however, it is closely linked with the general culture that surrounds it. Major developments in mathematics have often followed important trends in popular culture; developments in mathematics have acted as harbingers of change in the surrounding human culture.The seeds of change, the beginnings of the revolution that swept the Western world in the early decades of the twentieth century - both in mathematics and in other areas - were sown late in the previous century. This is the story both of Bourbaki and the world that created him in that time. It is the story of an elaborate intellectual joke - because Bourbaki, one of the foremost mathematicians of his day - never existed.
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- PublisherHIGH STAKES PUBLISHING
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1843440342
- ISBN 13 9781843440345
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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