Apology of Mathematics

People and animals, plants, buildings, works of art can be beautiful—but can mathematics be beautiful? Godfrey Hardy, who called his profession pure mathematics, left the world a remarkable work that is still popular among enthusiasts of the exact sciences worldwide,... titled Apology of Mathematics, dedicated to a peculiar philosophy of mathematics—a pure science, a brilliant game of the mind, a free flight of intellectual imagination, which the author likened to the inspiration of a poet, artist, or chess player. The main object of his admiration, his muse, becomes number theory—mathematics for the sake of mathematics, the scientific equivalent of the long-cherished pure art beloved by the British. Mathematics, devoid of applied triviality and ugliness, is beautiful, among other things, also because it is incapable of bringing harm to humanity.

Author: Годфри Гарольд Харди

Printhouse: AST

Series: Exclusive Classic

Age restrictions: 12+

Year of publication: 2022

ISBN: 9785171457969

Number of pages: 160

Size: 182x117x14 mm

Cover type: soft

Weight: 113 g

ID: 1229429

People and animals, plants, buildings, works of art can be beautiful—but can mathematics be beautiful? Godfrey Hardy, who called his profession pure mathematics, left the world a remarkable work that is still popular among enthusiasts of the exact sciences worldwide, titled Apology of Mathematics, dedicated to a peculiar philosophy of mathematics—a pure science, a brilliant game of the mind, a free flight of intellectual imagination, which the author likened to the inspiration of a poet, artist, or chess player. The main object of his admiration, his muse, becomes number theory—mathematics for the sake of mathematics, the scientific equivalent of the long-cherished pure art beloved by the British. Mathematics, devoid of applied triviality and ugliness, is beautiful, among other things, also because it is incapable of bringing harm to humanity.

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