{"product_id":"circles-disturbed-9780691149042","title":"Circles Disturbed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecalls the last words of the great Greek mathematician Archimedes before he was slain by a Roman soldier - \"Don't disturb my circles\" - words that seem to refer to two radically different concerns: that of the practical person living in the concrete world of reality, and that of the theoretician lost in a world of abstraction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Editors Doxiadis and Mazur have compiled a collection of 15 essays that look at the many possible roles narrative can play in mathematics, which is usually considered far removed from storytelling... Circles Disturbed will be of special value to collections in history of mathematics, philosophy of mathematics, and mathematical pedagogy.\"--Choice \"Circles Disturbed presents a cohesive narrative whose strength lies in helping each side to understand the other. It should encourage scientists to grasp the logic behind storytelling and literary critics to sense the allure of mathematics.\"--Mel Bayley, British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin \"Well thought and well written and with a careful balance between erudition and down-to-earthness all through it, Circles Disturbed is a highly recommended reading for mathematicians and students of mathematics, as well as for anyone who wishes to better understand what it is to do mathematics and why they are done the way they are done.\"--Capi Corrales Rodriganez, European Mathematical Society \"Circles Disturbed will spark interest in younger readers in the commonalities among these three disciplines as well as engage other readers. Further, readers with greater background in one or more topics can see the intra- and the intersections rather naturally and inquisitively. The diverse perspectives represented by the various authors are quite refreshing.\"--Farshid Safi, Mathematics Teacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction vii  Chapter 1: From Voyagers to Martyrs: Toward a Storied History of Mathematics 1  By AMIR ALEXANDER  Chapter 2 Structure of Crystal, Bucket of Dust 52  By PETER GALISON  Chapter 3: Deductive Narrative and the Epistemological Function of Belief in Mathematics: On Bombelli and Imaginary Numbers 79  By FEDERICA LANAVE  Chapater 4: Hilbert on Theology and Its Discontents: The Origin Myth of Modern Mathematics 105  By COLIN MCLARTY  Chapter 5: Do Androids Prove Theorems in Their Sleep? 130  By MICHAEL HARRIS  Chapter 6: Visions, Dreams, and Mathematics 183  By BARRY MAZUR  Chapter 7: Vividness in Mathematics and Narrative 211  By TIMOTHY GOWERS  Chapter 8: Mathematics and Narrative: Why Are Stories and Proofs Interesting? 232  By BERNARD TEISSIER  Chapter 9: Narrative and the Rationality of Mathematical Practice 244  By DAVID CORFIELD  Chapter 10: A Streetcar Named (among Other Things) Proof: From Storytelling to Geometry, via Poetry and Rhetoric 281  By APOSTOLOS DOXIADIS  Chapter 11: Mathematics and Narrative: An Aristotelian Perspective 389  By G .E .R . LLOYD  Chapter 12: Adventures of the Diagonal: Non-Euclidean Mathematics and Narrative 407  By ARADY PLOTNITSKY  Chapter 13: Formal Models in Narrative Analysis 447  By DAVID HERMAN  Chapter 14: Mathematics and Narrative: A Narratological Perspective 481  By URI MARGOL N  Chapter 15: Tales of Contingency, Contingencies of Telling: Toward an Algorithm of Narrative Subjectivity 508  By JAN CHRISTOPH MEISTER  Contributors 541  Index 545","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403780727127,"sku":"9780691149042","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691149042.jpg?v=1730484522","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/circles-disturbed-9780691149042","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}