Love and Math
by Edward Frenkel
A Soviet student barred from Moscow State by antisemitism finds his way to the Langlands program and Harvard. Memoir and an attempt to show math's beauty.
Read it if…
you want a mathematician's passion and story.
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Skip it if…
the math sections will lose you; read the memoir parts.
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Three things you will actually use
- Math is hidden beauty.
- Barriers can be routed around.
- Love the subject.
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Read the chapters on the entrance exam.
Our verdict
Frenkel's love.
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