书籍介绍
20世纪最伟大的数学家之一 André Weil 在本书中用真诚朴实的语言讲述了他从童年到1947年秋季的经历。他在书中回忆了主要游历：意大利、德国、瑞典以及英国；然后在印度工作两年多，其间他短暂地遇到了甘地；返回巴黎后参与创立了布尔巴基学派；战争年代继续到访了苏联、芬兰，他被芬兰警察当作苏联间谍，险些被执行死刑，辗转于多个监狱，在鲁昂监狱完成了他最伟大的工作：证明有限域上的光滑射影曲线的黎曼猜想；最后以美洲经历为本书画上句号。 通过阅读本书，读者可以洞察一位深刻思想者的内心，这位思想者具有超强的创造性。本书值得对数学、哲学感兴趣的读者收藏。
AI导读
核心看点
- 韦伊从童年到1947年的游历与学术成长
- 狱中完成有限域黎曼猜想证明的传奇经历
- 布尔巴基学派创立及与甘地等名人的交集
适合谁读
- 对数学史、数学家生平感兴趣的读者
- 喜欢传记文学、哲学思考及人文历史的读者
- 希望了解布尔巴基学派起源的数学爱好者
读前提醒
- 数学专业细节较少，侧重生活与思想感悟
- 行文平淡简洁，需耐心品味其随遇而安的心境
- 建议结合其妹妹西蒙娜·韦伊的作品对照阅读
读者共识
- 文笔朴实真诚，展现了天才思想者的内心世界
- 经历跌宕起伏，狱中做研究的故事极具震撼力
- 虽非硬核数学书，但展现了数学家的浪漫与哲思
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
精彩摘录
- "p29 On the examination, I was given a question relating to Kant and Durkheim. I was familiar enough with the textbook in use to write an acceptable essay, but in truth I had never read a sentence written by either of these authors, and I was shocked to receive a grade far superior to what I thought "
- "It was also during my final years in high school that my enthusiasm for literature, and above all for Greek poetry, was enhanced by a taste for old editions of the Greek and Latin authors. Some of these were still to be found along the quays of the Seine. Reading these old editions made me feel even"
- "“If it were obvious,”he said,“you would not feel the need to say so; if you say so, that means it is not obvious.” He(Monsieur Collin) is the one who taught me how to write up mathematics."
- "What really counts in the history of humanity are the truly great minds, and that the only way to get to know these minds was through direct contact with their works."
- "there is perhaps no other mathematician whose writing matches Riemann's for density."
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