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Blinded by Love
Edward Rothstein
[short_description] Any sense of the true power and beauty of mathematics is lost when alegbra and geometry are taught poorly. Or so Edward Frenkel argues in Love and Math. Edward Rothstein is less convinced.
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Tōhoku
Rick Jardine
[short_description] Alexander Grothendieck’s 1957 paper, “Some Aspects of Homological Algebra,” also known as the Tōhoku paper, was a turning point in homological algebra, algebraic topology and algebraic geometry.
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The Perfect Language
Gregory Chaitin
[short_description] Mathematicians still believe in proofs, though Gödel and Turing showed that no axiomatic theory will include all mathematical truths. Gregory Chaitin reflects on algorithmic information theory.
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A Country Known Only by Name
Pierre Cartier
[short_description] Mathematicians liken him to Einstein. Yet he is a figure of gossip and pity. Mathematician Pierre Cartier, Grothendieck’s colleague, offers a rational and honest appraisal the work and the man.
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