TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frenkel,Edward
TI  - Love and math: the heart of hidden reality 
SN  - 9780465050741 (hardback)
AV  - QA 29 .F725 F74 2013
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
KW  - Frenkel, Edward,
KW  - Mathematicians
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Miscellanea
N1  - 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
N2  - "Love and Math tells the two intertwined stories of mathematics and the adventure of one man in learning it. The result is 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. As Frenkel proves, a mathematical formula can be as elegant and beautiful as a painting, a poem, or a piece of music. And the process of creating new mathematics is just that, an artistic pursuit--a deeply personal experience, which requires passion, dedication, and love. In Love and Math, Frenkel shows readers the aesthetic--and the truly powerful--side of mathematics, and enables appreciation of the field even from those who have long been terrified by it."--
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