Mathematics is the Poetry of Science

Produktbeschreibung

Shorter and more light-hearted than his theoretical academic works, Mathematics is the Poetry of Science represents Villani's attempt to communicate his love of mathematics to a wider audience, and is an interesting contribution from one of the world's finest living mathematicians 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

* 0: Elisa Brune: Foreword


* 1: Mathematics, Science, and Poetry


* 2: Constraints and Creativity


* 3: Inspiration


* 4: Making Connections


* 5: A Portable Universe


* 6: The Form of Words


* 7: Visionaries


* 8: Poincaré and the Omnibus


* 9: Ping-Pong


* 10: Ode to Imperfection


* 11: Appendix: Henri Poincaré on Mathematical Discovery 

Autoreninfo

Cédric Villani is a French mathematician and politician working primarily on partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry and mathematical physics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010 and he was the director of Sorbonne University's Institut Henri Poincaré from 2009 to 2017. Villani was elected to the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, during the 2017 legislative election.