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Borges and mathematics lectures at Malba /

"Borges and Mathematics is a short book of essays that explores the scientific thinking of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). Around half of the book consists of two "lectures" focused on mathematics. The rest of the book reflects on the relationship between literatur...

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Основен автор: Martínez, Guillermo, 1962-
Формат: Електронен
Език: English
Spanish
Публикувано: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2012.
Предмети:
Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986 > Knowledge > Mathematics.
Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986.
Mathematics in literature.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Short Stories.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Mathematics.
Electronic books.
Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=513385
Съдържание:
  • Borges and mathematics, first lecture
  • Borges amd mathematics, second lecture
  • The Golem and artificial intelligence
  • The short story as logical system
  • A margin too narrow
  • Euclid, or, the aesthetics of mathematical reasoning
  • Solutions and disillusionment
  • The Pythagorean twins
  • The music of chance
  • Literature and rationality
  • Who's afraid of the big bad one?
  • A small, small god
  • God's sinkhole.

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