Yang, Edward Frenkel writes of the objective beauty of numbers. In the tradition of his heroes Andre Weil and C. And if you are a mathematician you will feel better about your profession." -Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Antifragile "I don't know I''d ever used the words love and math together, but this book changed that. A breathtaking view of modern mathematics." -Mario Livio, astrophysicist, and author of The Golden Ratio and Brilliant Blunders, "If you're not a mathematician this book might make you become one. It all adds up to a thrilling intellectual ride-and a tale of surprising passion." -Steven Strogatz, Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, and author of The Joy of x "Through his fascinating autobiography, mathematician Edward Frenkel is opening for us a window into the ambitious Langlands Program-a sweeping network that interconnects many branches of mathematics and physics. " Love and Math = fast-paced adventure story + intimate memoir + insider's account of the quest to decode a Rosetta Stone at the heart of modern math.
It is an invitation to discover the magic hidden universe of mathematics." At its core, "Love and Math" is a story about accessing a new way of thinking, which can enrich our lives and empower us to better understand the world and our place in it. Considered by many to be a Grand Unified Theory of mathematics, the Langlands Program enables researchers to translate findings from one field to another so that they can solve problems, such as Fermat s last theorem, that had seemed intractable before. Having braved a discriminatory educational system to become one of the twenty-first century s leading mathematicians, Frenkel now works on one of the biggest ideas to come out of math in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. "Love and Math" tells two intertwined stories: of the wonders of mathematics and of one young man s journey learning and living it. In this heartfelt and passionate book, Frenkel shows that mathematics, far from occupying a specialist niche, goes to the heart of all matter, uniting us across cultures, time, and space. In "Love and Math," renowned mathematician Edward Frenkel reveals a side of math we ve never seen, suffused with all the beauty and elegance of a work of art. A "New York Times" Science Bestseller What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso, weren t even told they existed? Alas, this is how math is taught, and so for most of us it becomes the intellectual equivalent of watching paint dry.
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