New Stuff: The Pea and the Sun

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)

The story of the life and academic career of the pioneer Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and his friendship with his mentor, Professor G.H. Hardy.

Good period drama about a fascinating (and important) mathematical genius is convincing in its depiction of the academic rivalries with rheir racism, chauvinism and professional hybris.

New Stuff: Das Buch der Unendlichkeit

New Stuff: Die Mathematik der Musik

First Lines: Douglas R. Hofstadter - Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

One of the most central notions in this book is that of a formal system.

Evariste Galois (1965)

Tribute to the precocious mathematician who discovered a theory for solving algebraic equations far in advance of his time and died at the age of 22.

A short depicting the tragic circumstances of the famous mathematician's early death in a duel; fine acting and period detail, but not much math.

New Stuff: Hans Magnus Enzensberger

A birthday gift from my friend Sabine.

First Lines: Bertrand Russell - The Principles of Mathematics

Pure Mathematics is the class of all propositions of the form "p implies q", where p and q are propositions containing one or more variables, the same in the two propositions, and neither p nor q contains any constants except logical constants.