昔日盛世:数学与文学之间的奇妙联系 Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature Sarah Hart

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 304 pages

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:Mudlark

ISBN:9780008601119

Published:25 Apr 2024

Weight:270g

Dimensions:198 x 129 (mm)

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《星期日泰晤士报》 我们通常认为数学和文学是对立的两极。但是，如果数学和文学从根本上是相互关联的呢？在这本富有洞察力、令人捧腹大笑的有趣书籍《Once Upon a Prime》中，萨拉-哈特教授向我们展示了数学与文学之间的无数联系，以及了解这些联系如何能够提高我们对数学和文学的兴趣。例如，你知道《白鲸记》中充满了复杂的几何知识吗？詹姆斯-乔伊斯（James Joyce）的意识流小说刻意引用了大量数学知识？乔治-艾略特痴迷于统计学？侏罗纪公园》以分形模式为基础？阿瑟-柯南-道尔爵士和奇玛曼达-恩格齐-阿迪切笔下的人物都是数学家？从十四行诗到童话故事，再到实验性的法国文学，《Once Upon a Prime》将带领我们踏上一段难忘的旅程，穿越我们自以为熟悉的书籍，揭示新的美与奇迹。

哈特教授向我们展示了数学和文学是如何相辅相成地共同探索人类生活和我们在宇宙中的位置的。

It might even add another dimension to the way you read.’ – The Sunday Times We often think of mathematics and literature as polar opposites. But what if, instead, they were fundamentally linked? In this insightful, laugh-out-loud funny book, Once Upon a Prime, Professor Sarah Hart shows us the myriad connections between maths and literature, and how understanding those connections can enhance our enjoyment of both. Did you know, for instance, that Moby-Dick is full of sophisticated geometry? That James Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness novels are deliberately checkered with mathematical references? That George Eliot was obsessed with statistics? That Jurassic Park is undergirded by fractal patterns? That Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote mathematician characters? From sonnets to fairytales to experimental French literature, Once Upon a Prime takes us on an unforgettable journey through the books we thought we knew, revealing new layers of beauty and wonder.

Professor Hart shows how maths and literature are complementary parts of the same quest, to understand human life and our place in the universe.

作者简介

萨拉-哈特是伦敦大学伯克贝克学院的数学教授。哈特教授曾在牛津大学和曼彻斯特大学接受教育，是英国历史悠久的数学教授职位--格雷沙姆几何学教授职位的第 33 位任职者，也是首位女性。

Sarah Hart is Professor of Mathematics at Birkbeck College (University of London). Educated at Oxford and Manchester, Professor Hart is the 33rd person and first ever woman to hold the Gresham Professorship of Geometry, the oldest mathematics chair in the UK.