Love and Math : The Heart of Hidden Reality

from clmerle

The memoirs portion of the book were interesting as it showed how the author pursued a career in math.

from auntmarge64

Frenkel, a world-renowned mathematician, combines his autobiography with an overview of his work on the Langlands Program, a unified theory of mathematics. The author, a Russian Jew, has had a remarkable life, first trying to educate himself while being blocked by Soviet prejudice from getting an...

from tungsten_peerts

I very much enjoyed Frenkel's book, but although I am eager to re-read it I am intent on doing so using a paper copy: whether it was due to poor Kindle formatting or my own (lack of) familiarity with how Kindle deals with foot/end-notes, reading the notes was a chore and I ultimately gave up on i...

from rmagahiz

I picked this book up at the library because I have been interested in pure and applied math for a long time now, although I was unacquainted with the author. He has two main subjects he wanted to convey in the book. The first one the story of how hard he had to struggle in the old Soviet system ...