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The proof stage : how theater reveals the human truth of mathematics
Title
The proof stage : how theater reveals the human truth of mathematics / Stephen Abbott.
ISBN
9780691243368
0691243360
9780691206080
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource ( viii, 396 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 17, 2023).
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Variant and related titles
How theater reveals the human truth of mathematics
De Gruyter University Press eBook 2023.
Other formats
Print version: Abbott, Stephen, 1964- Stages of uncertainty Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 24, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover
Contents
Prologue
1. Stoppard: The Incline from Thinking to Feeling
Albert's Bridge
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Jumpers
Hapgood
Arcadia
2. Jarry and Witkiewicz: Geometry of a New Theater
Euclid's Elements
Ubu Roi and Ubu Cocu
Tumor Brainiowicz
Non-Euclidean Geometry
Gyubal Wahazar
The Water Hen
3. Beckett: The Language of Incompleteness
Murphy and Watt
Endgame
Russell's Paradox
Film and Not I
Principia Mathematica
Quad
4. Dürrenmatt, Frayn, and McBurney: The Shape of Content
The Physicists
Copenhagen
A Disappearing Number
5. Stoppard: The Logic of Self-Conscious Theater
Peano Arithmetic
Color Plates
The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays
Dogg's Hamlet and Gödel's Code
The Real Thing
The Hard Problem
The Invention of Love
6. Whitemore, Wilson, and Mighton: The Dramatic Life of Alan Turing
Breaking the Code
The Universal Machine
Breaking the Code, Continued
Lovesong of the Electric Bear
Half Life
7. Auburn: Beautiful Proofs
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Subjects
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Walter de Gruyter & Co. Princeton University Press Complete 2023.
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