The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician's Search for the Universe's Hidden Geometry
Shing-Tung Yau, "The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician's Search for the Universe's Hidden Geometry"
English | ISBN: 0300235909 | 2019 | 328 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 0300235909 | 2019 | 328 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB
A Fields medalist recounts his lifelong transnational effort to uncover the geometric shape—the Calabi-Yau manifold—that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe.
“An unexpectedly intimate look into a highly accomplished man, his colleagues and friends, the development of a new field of geometric analysis, and a glimpse into a truly uncommon mind.”—Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe
“Engaging, eminently readable . . . For those with a taste for elegant and largely jargon-free explanations of mathematics, The Shape of a Life promises hours of rewarding reading.”—Judith Goodstein, American Scientist
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