The Mathematician's Brain: A Personal Tour Through The Essentials Of Mathematics And Some Of The Great Minds Behind Them

The Mathematician's Brain: A Personal Tour Through The Essentials Of Mathematics And Some Of The Great Minds Behind Them
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The Mathematician's Brain poses a provocative question about the world's most brilliant yet eccentric mathematical minds: were they brilliant because of their eccentricities or in spite of them? In this thought-provoking and entertaining book, David Ruelle, the well-known mathematical physicist who helped create chaos theory, gives us a rare insider's account of the celebrated mathematicians he has known-their quirks, oddities, personal tragedies, bad behavior, descents into madness, tragic ends, and the sublime, inexpressible beauty of their most breathtaking mathematical discoveries.

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