当代大数学家画传

玛丽安娜·库克 编

出版时间

2015-01-01

ISBN

9787547822593

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍
《当代大数学家画传》是一部不同寻常的92幅摄影作品的合集,其主角是我们这个时代最令人印象深刻的一些数学家。备受赞誉的摄影师玛丽安娜·库克(MarlanaCook)捕捉到这些睿智的思考者的活力与激情。每个数学家辅以简短的自述文字搭配着优美的影像。文字和相片一起生动地写照了一群献身于引人入胜的数学追求的男男女女。 引人注目的黑白照片向读者介绍了年龄各异,背景悬殊的数学家。其中有菲尔兹奖得主,有刚在职业生涯起步阶段的新秀,也有在该学科中已经成名多年的大牛。他们直率的个人随笔反映出独一无二而覆盖广泛的思想、观点和幽默。数学家讨论了他们是如何成为数学家的,为什么喜欢这门学科,在面对数学的挑战时如何保持上进,以及他们的最大贡献又如何为下一代指引了新的方向。 本相册中的数学家包括:塞尔(Jean-PierreSerre)、嘉当(HentiCaftan)、乌伦贝克(KarenUhlenbeck)、布莱克威尔(DavidBlackwell)、斯坦(EliStein)、康韦(JohnConway)、高尔斯(TimothyGowers)、柯万(FrancesKirwan)、拉克斯(PeterLax)、马西(WilliamMassey)、米尔诺(JohnMilnor)、莫拉韦茨(CathleenMorawetz)、纳什(JohnNash)、德利涅(PierreDeligrle)、西蒙斯(JamesSimons)等。 本书向行内行外的读者传递了数学的美妙与乐趣。不论是对那些喜欢数学的人还是自认为不擅长数学的人,这些照片及其文字都是一种鼓舞,是一份完美的礼物。
AI导读
核心看点
  • 92幅黑白摄影作品,展现数学家真实风采
  • 收录塞尔、纳什等顶尖学者自述,分享心路
  • 探讨数学之美与乐趣,传递学科独特魅力
适合谁读
  • 对数学史、数学文化感兴趣的普通读者
  • 数学专业学生及从业者,寻求同行共鸣
  • 希望了解科学家生活与思维方式的读者
读前提醒
  • 内容简短精炼,适合作为休闲读物翻阅
  • 部分专业术语较深,非专业人士可略读
  • 中译版印刷质量一般,建议降低预期
读者共识
  • 数学家形象亲切可爱,打破刻板高冷印象
  • 排版与翻译质量参差不齐,体验有差异
  • 虽内容简略,但能激发对数学的热爱

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
  • "The imprint of the world in our minds is not photographic; all the brain knows of the outside world is a chaotic sequence of electric impulses and out of these it creates a structural entity: our perception of what we see and hear. Most of the time, an adult's brain talks to itself and creates more "
  • "I have always preferred working in unpopular areas of mathematics. I recognize the benefits of working in popular areas—a community of experts to discuss problems with, a group of friends you see regularly at conferences, a reference group to compare yourself to, a crowd to instantly appreciate your"
  • "I prefer to avoid mainstream mathematics research and work on my own. One problem with this is that the most productive areas are (almost by definition) part of mainstream research and the remaining areas are usually rather barren. My own research reminds me of someone picking over a large junkyard "
  • "In a similar way I find equal difficulty when asked, what kind of mathematician are you? I usually evade the question by just saying that I am a geometer in the broad sense, secure in the comfort that "God is a geometer." For me, just as there is only one world, even if parts of it are more familiar"
  • "I have always felt that mathematics is a language like music. To learn it systematically, it is necessary to master small pieces and gradually add another piece and then another. In a sense, mathematics is like the classical Chinese language—very polished and very elegant. Sitting in a good mathemat"
  • "Mathematicians lie somewhere between artists and writers on the one hand and physicists, chemists, and biologists on the other. We try to get natural problems from the physical world, but we also try to create problems based on the development of our understanding of nature. It's like an artist who "
  • "To explain the power and beauty of mathematics to outsiders is difficult. Mathematics takes ideas from the external world and makes them abstract, juggles them around to creat structure, and then spews them back with amazingly braod and useful consequences. The best comparison that most of us have i"
  • "My mother was a mathematician. She studied Hilbert's sixteenth problem and made an outstanding contribution. This is a problem of studying a dynamical system governed by two polynomials."
用户评论
就是数学家的自我简介,茶余饭后当做休闲读物吧
看着书里那么多数学家的照片,并没有秃顶,悬着的心可以放下了。
http://book.douban.com/subject/3894571/的中译版,如今中译速度越来越快,感谢出版社和译者。中译版排版和印刷质量当然不可与原版同日而语,但是好在价格便宜。本书一半摄影一般数学,原版两者兼顾,中译版由于价格原因,只剩下数学了。
再说这本书写得比较简单,每个人谈论的东西都是太少了,这一点内容根本就是没出一样,但是还是有几个人的文章,对我有很大的帮助和启发。所以我给高分,这张书非喜勿买,不然就得失望
本来应该是不错的主题摄影作品集,结果一大堆各位当代数学家辛苦写下的自传性质的小随笔,消解了其中的优雅,而变的更加特立独行,因为几乎所有人的内容都遵循一种既定模式,我们不妨称之为“数学家的无聊模式”,该模式无外乎“良好的家庭环境”,“童年的启蒙”,“本科、研究生、博士”,完全令人不知所云的“贡献”,“数学家之间的友谊”,对了还有那中二无比的“美、数学……”……总之,这本书存在的真正意义在于告诉我们两个事实:1、当代数学家刨去尚年轻的、女性、发际线可疑的绝大多数头发都存在较大片脱落,这是真的!2、女性数学家也是很有成就的,而且不少可以称之为美女(干巴爹!骚年们)。当然这些只是从摄影师选择的92位世界顶尖的数学家中得出的不负责的结论。真实情况,我想真正关心的人也冷暖自知,不再多言~
来看看当代数学家眼中的数学,企图从他们对数学的情怀中唤醒自己对数学更深的爱以及获得一些数学上的灵感和经验
美妙!
读的英文版。
数学最公平,对所有人,近乎死亡,无人能选择数学,他们都是被数学选择的人。
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