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245 10 a| Naming infinity :b| a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity /c| Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor.;

260 a| Cambridge, Mass. :b| Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,c| 2009.;

300 a| x, 239 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-227) and index.;

505 0 a| Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now.;

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Naming infinity : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor.

Author/creator	Graham, Loren R.
Other author	Kantor, Jean-Michel.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Description	x, 239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	Mathematics--Russia (Federation). --Religious aspects. Mysticism--Russia (Federation). Mathematics--Russia (Federation). --Philosophy. Mathematics--France. --Religious aspects. Mathematics--France. --Philosophy. Set theory.

Contents	Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-227) and index.
LCCN	2008041334
ISBN	9780674032934 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0674032934 (alk. paper)

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