{"product_id":"naming-infinity-a-true-story-of-religious-mysticism-and-mathematical-creativity-hardcover","title":"Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLoren Graham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJean-Michel Kantor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1913, Russian imperial marines stormed an Orthodox monastery at Mt. Athos, Greece, to haul off monks engaged in a dangerously heretical practice known as Name Worshipping. Exiled to remote Russian outposts, the monks and their mystical movement went underground. Ultimately, they came across Russian intellectuals who embraced Name Worshipping--and who would achieve one of the biggest mathematical breakthroughs of the twentieth century, going beyond recent French achievements. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLoren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor take us on an exciting mathematical mystery tour as they unravel a bizarre tale of political struggles, psychological crises, sexual complexities, and ethical dilemmas. At the core of this book is the contest between French and Russian mathematicians who sought new answers to one of the oldest puzzles in math: the nature of infinity. The French school chased rationalist solutions. The Russian mathematicians, notably Dmitri Egorov and Nikolai Luzin--who founded the famous Moscow School of Mathematics--were inspired by mystical insights attained during Name Worshipping. Their religious practice appears to have opened to them visions into the infinite--and led to the founding of descriptive set theory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe men and women of the leading French and Russian mathematical schools are central characters in this absorbing tale that could not be told until now. \u003ci\u003eNaming Infinity\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant human interest story that raises provocative questions about science and religion, intuition and -creativity.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42584994971744,"sku":"9780674032934","price":97.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/eGw5cytoWG95K3lWLzNydDl1RmZ0QT09.webp?v=1770998118","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/naming-infinity-a-true-story-of-religious-mysticism-and-mathematical-creativity-hardcover","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}