Publication year: 2008
ISBN: 978-88-470-0714-7
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This book is an extremely varied gallery of ironic reflections on the academic world, of mild anecdotes, of calm provocations, of travel notes, of portraits of famous mathematicians, suspended between joke and seriousness, between dream and reality. Two exquisite fantasies by Arthur Porges and Arthur Koestler open the collection, followed by short stories written by professional mathematicians, who have literature as a hobby, inspired by characters and facts, emotions and fantasies related to the world of mathematics.
Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law / letteratura / matematica / literature / mathematics / Popular Science general / Mathematics general