Circles Disturbed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Circles Disturbed write by Apostolos Doxiadis. This book was released on 2012-03-18. Circles Disturbed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why narrative is essential to mathematics Circles Disturbed brings together important thinkers in mathematics, history, and philosophy to explore the relationship between mathematics and narrative. The book's title recalls the last words of the great Greek mathematician Archimedes before he was slain by a Roman soldier—"Don't disturb my circles"—words that seem to refer to two radically different concerns: that of the practical person living in the concrete world of reality, and that of the theoretician lost in a world of abstraction. Stories and theorems are, in a sense, the natural languages of these two worlds—stories representing the way we act and interact, and theorems giving us pure thought, distilled from the hustle and bustle of reality. Yet, though the voices of stories and theorems seem totally different, they share profound connections and similarities. A book unlike any other, Circles Disturbed delves into topics such as the way in which historical and biographical narratives shape our understanding of mathematics and mathematicians, the development of "myths of origins" in mathematics, the structure and importance of mathematical dreams, the role of storytelling in the formation of mathematical intuitions, the ways mathematics helps us organize the way we think about narrative structure, and much more. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Amir Alexander, David Corfield, Peter Galison, Timothy Gowers, Michael Harris, David Herman, Federica La Nave, G.E.R. Lloyd, Uri Margolin, Colin McLarty, Jan Christoph Meister, Arkady Plotnitsky, and Bernard Teissier.
Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture
Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture write by Apostolos Doxiadis. This book was released on 2012-11-15. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Uncle Petros is a family joke. An ageing recluse, he lives alone in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and tending to his garden. If you didn't know better, you'd surely think he was one of life's failures. But his young nephew suspects otherwise. For Uncle Petros, he discovers, was once a celebrated mathematician, brilliant and foolhardy enough to stake everything on solving a problem that had defied all attempts at proof for nearly three centuries - Goldbach's Conjecture. His quest brings him into contact with some of the century's greatest mathematicians, including the Indian prodigy Ramanujan and the young Alan Turing. But his struggle is lonely and single-minded, and by the end it has apparently destroyed his life. Until that is a final encounter with his nephew opens up to Petros, once more, the deep mysterious beauty of mathematics. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture is an inspiring novel of intellectual adventure, proud genius, the exhilaration of pure mathematics - and the rivalry and antagonism which torment those who pursue impossible goals.
The Creativity Code
The Creativity Code - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Creativity Code write by Marcus Du Sautoy. This book was released on 2020-03-03. The Creativity Code available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A brilliant travel guide to the coming world of AI.” —Jeanette Winterson What does it mean to be creative? Can creativity be trained? Is it uniquely human, or could AI be considered creative? Mathematical genius and exuberant polymath Marcus du Sautoy plunges us into the world of artificial intelligence and algorithmic learning in this essential guide to the future of creativity. He considers the role of pattern and imitation in the creative process and sets out to investigate the programs and programmers—from Deep Mind and the Flow Machine to Botnik and WHIM—who are seeking to rival or surpass human innovation in gaming, music, art, and language. A thrilling tour of the landscape of invention, The Creativity Code explores the new face of creativity and the mysteries of the human code. “As machines outsmart us in ever more domains, we can at least comfort ourselves that one area will remain sacrosanct and uncomputable: human creativity. Or can we?...In his fascinating exploration of the nature of creativity, Marcus du Sautoy questions many of those assumptions.” —Financial Times “Fascinating...If all the experiences, hopes, dreams, visions, lusts, loves, and hatreds that shape the human imagination amount to nothing more than a ‘code,’ then sooner or later a machine will crack it. Indeed, du Sautoy assembles an eclectic array of evidence to show how that’s happening even now.” —The Times
Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Geomagnetism and Aeronomy write by A. H. Waynick. This book was released on 1965. Geomagnetism and Aeronomy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Cairo Circles
Cairo Circles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cairo Circles write by DOMA. MAHMOUD. This book was released on 2022-11-08. Cairo Circles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An epic, multi-perspective debut novel bringing the streets of Cairo to life
