mathematics without apologies

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＜p＞＜strong＞An insightful reflection on the mathematical soul＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞What do pure mathematicians do, and why do they do it? Looking beyond the conventional answersーfor the sake of truth, beauty, and practical applicationsーthis book offers an eclectic panorama of the lives and values and hopes and fears of mathematicians in the twenty-first century, assembling material from a startlingly diverse assortment of scholarly, journalistic, and pop culture sources.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Drawing on his personal experiences and obsessions as well as the thoughts and opinions of mathematicians from Archimedes and Omar Khayy?m to such contemporary giants as Alexander Grothendieck and Robert Langlands, Michael Harris reveals the charisma and romance of mathematics as well as its darker side. In this portrait of mathematics as a community united around a set of common intellectual, ethical, and existential challenges, he touches on a wide variety of questions, such as: Are mathematicians...