| 紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: 單行本
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| 作者: |
MartínezGuillermo, 1962- |
| 其他團體作者: |
Project Muse |
| 出版地: |
West Lafayette, Ind. |
| 出版者: |
Purdue University Press; |
| 出版年: |
c2013 |
| 面頁冊數: |
1 online resource (180 p.). |
| 標題: |
Mathematics in literature - |
| 標題: |
Borges - Jorge Luis - Knowledge - |
| 電子資源: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781612492513/ |
| 附註: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 摘要註: |
"Borges and Mathematics is a short book of essays that explores the scientific thinking of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). Around half of the book consists of two "lectures"focused on mathematics. The rest of the book reflects on the relationship between literature, artistic creation, physics, and mathematics more generally. Written in a way that will be accessible evento those "who can only count to ten," the book presents a bravura demonstration of the intricate links between the worlds of sciences and arts, and it is a thought provoking call to dialog for readers from both traditions. The author, Guillermo Martinez, is both a recognized writer, whose murder mystery The Oxford Murders has been translated into thirty-five languages, and a PhD inmathematics. Contents: Borges and Mathematics: First Lecture; Borges and Mathematics: Second Lecture; The Golem andArtificial Intelligence; The Short Story as Logical System; A Margin Too Narrow; Euclid, or the Aesthetics of Mathematical Reasoning; Solutions and Disillusions; The Pythagorean Twins; The Music of Chance (Interview with Gregory Chaikin);Literature and Rationality; Who's Afraid of the Big Bad One?;A Small,Small God; God's Sinkhole. This book was originally published in Spanish as Borges y la matematica (2003). It has been translated with generous support from the Latino Cultural Center at Purdue University"-- |
| ISBN: |
9781612492513electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1612492517electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781557536327pbk. |
| ISBN: |
9781612492520hbk. |
| ISBN: |
1557536325hbk. |
| 內容註: |
Borges and mathematics, first lecture -- Borges amd mathematics, second lecture -- The Golem and artificial intelligence -- The short storyas logical system -- A margin too narrow -- Euclid, or, the aestheticsof mathematical reasoning -- Solutions and disillusionment -- The Pythagorean twins -- The music of chance -- Literature and rationality -- Who's afraid of the big bad one? -- A small,small god -- God's sinkhole |