Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure

Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure

2012 • 272 pages

Ratings1

Average rating5

15

We don't have a description for this book yet. You can help out the author by adding a description.


Become a Librarian

Reviews

Popular Reviews

Reviews with the most likes.

I can't really say that I understood any of the math in the book.
But it's a delightful journey to see the struggles and the epiphany that comes when creating a mathematical theorem. I love the book. Top 3.

View

Short and sweet. I would have liked there to be more technical stuff (or at least, some explanation of what the technical stuff was), but hey, what can you expect for a popular autobiography? I'd recommend it.

May 31, 2015

I didn't follow much of the math Villani was working on, but the vignettes about famous mathematical problems and persons made the entire book worthwhile.

September 26, 2021