Geometry of Grief: Reflections on Mathematics, Loss, and Life

by Michael Frame

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In this profound and hopeful book, a mathematician and celebrated teacher shows how mathematics may help all of us-even the math-averse-to understand and cope with grief.

We all know the euphoria of intellectual epiphany-the thrill of sudden understanding. But coupled with that excitement is a sense of loss: a moment of epiphany can never be repeated. In Geometry of Grief, mathematician Michael Frame draws on a career's worth...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226826481

ISBN13:9780226826486

Release Date:May 2023

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.51 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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