Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century
by:
Masha Gessen (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009SRQ6QI
Publish date: November 11th 2009
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
A glimpse into the rarified world of a mathematical genius. A world that included the anti-semitism of the Soviet Communist Party, and the escapism afforded to intellectuals who could pursue the abstraction of "pure math". Thankfully, discussions of math problems are minimal, because when they do ap...