Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality

By Edward Frenkel and Edward Frankel

Book Overview

A stunning, globe-spanning journey through the beauty and power of mathematics "Powerful, passionate, and inspiring." --New York Times A New York Times Bestseller What if you had to take an art class... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465050743
• ISBN13: 9780465050741
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Parts discussing mathematical theories are incomprehensible to a layperson

There were some interesting parts, but the narrative structure is not effective and I did not find Frenkel to be adept at explaining much of the mathematical material at a level accessible to a layperson. The lack of accessibility makes his concluding statement about math as a uniting force very hollow given that he cannot present mathematical theory in a way that is understandable to probably 60-70% of the world's population.