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Love and math : the heart of hidden reality / Edward Frenkel.

by Frenkel, Edward, 1968-

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Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2013]

Frenkel, Edward, 1968-

Mathematics -- Miscellanea.

Mathematicians -- Biography.

Quantum field theory.

9780465050741 (hc.)

292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-282) and index.

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.

"Two intertwined stories of mathematics and the adventure of one man in learning it. 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. A mathematical formula can be as elegant and beautiful as a painting, a poem, or a piece of music. The process of creating new mathematics is just that, an artistic pursuit -- a deeply personal experience, which requires passion, dedication, and love. Frenkel shows readers the aesthetic side of mathematics, and enables appreciation of the field even from those who have long been terrified by it"--Provided by publisher.

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