Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for The Weil Conjectures by Karen Olsson - Available

The Weil Conjectures

by Karen Olsson
ebook
Read a sample Read a sample
_______________

'Beguiling ... I was riveted. Olsson is evocative on curiosity as an appetite of the mind, on the pleasure of glutting oneself on knowledge' - New York Times
'A wonderful book ... Reading it is akin to kicking a can along the road of higher learning' - Patti Smith
'A remarkable tour de force' - Standpoint
_______________

Simone Weil: philosopher, political activist, mystic – and sister to André, one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. These two extraordinary siblings formed an obsession for Karen Olsson, who studied mathematics at Harvard, only to turn to writing as a vocation.
When Olsson got hold of the 1940 letters between the siblings, she found they shared a curiosity about the inception of creative thought – that flash of insight – that Olsson experienced as both a mathematics student, and later, a novelist.
Following this thread of connections, The Weil Conjectures explores the lives of Simone and André, the lore and allure of mathematics, and its significance in Olsson's own life.
Expand title description text
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781526607553
  • Release date: July 11, 2019

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781526607553
  • File size: 1472 KB
  • Release date: July 11, 2019

Formats

OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction

Languages

English

_______________

'Beguiling ... I was riveted. Olsson is evocative on curiosity as an appetite of the mind, on the pleasure of glutting oneself on knowledge' - New York Times
'A wonderful book ... Reading it is akin to kicking a can along the road of higher learning' - Patti Smith
'A remarkable tour de force' - Standpoint
_______________

Simone Weil: philosopher, political activist, mystic – and sister to André, one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. These two extraordinary siblings formed an obsession for Karen Olsson, who studied mathematics at Harvard, only to turn to writing as a vocation.
When Olsson got hold of the 1940 letters between the siblings, she found they shared a curiosity about the inception of creative thought – that flash of insight – that Olsson experienced as both a mathematics student, and later, a novelist.
Following this thread of connections, The Weil Conjectures explores the lives of Simone and André, the lore and allure of mathematics, and its significance in Olsson's own life.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction