Greek author Doxiadis wrote this novel in 1992 and updated it slightly for the 2000 publication in English. It’s a delight to have it in translation at last because this is a riveting good story about pride, obsession and – gulp – mathematics…
Greek author Doxiadis wrote this novel in 1992 and updated it slightly for the 2000 publication in English. It’s a delight to have it in translation at last because this is a riveting good story about pride, obsession and – gulp – mathematics…
‘Uncle Petros offers many glimpses of the great superreal world of mathematical ideas, a world of eternal truths and of unspeakable beauty.’
‘A compelling portrait of a talented young mathematician.’
“‘It is brilliantly written—a mathematical detective story of great charm—and it certainly succeeds in capturing much of the spirit of mathematical research.’
Anyone letting slip in literary company that they have never heard of Shakespeare or Mozart, will be regarded rather pityingly and undoubtedly viewed as an uncultured person. Anyone announcing that they know little or nothing about mathematics, physics or chemistry need have no fear for their reputation. More than that…
‘Doxiadis invites us into the universe of Number Theory, he gives us a glimpse of what the mathematical profession and community during the first decades of the 20th century was like and introduces us to fascinating persons, such as the mathematicians Hardy, Ramanujan, Turing and Godel. Above all, he introduces us to the subterranean, psychological world of mathematical thought and …continue reading…
Enfin un livre qui parle de science et qui se devore comme un roman policier – un roman policier mathematique. C’est un recit plein de charme et de suspense qu’a ecrit Apostolos Doxiadis, homme de theatre et industriel grec forme aux mathematiques…
“GREAT LOVES are often born of loneliness”, and this, the narrator concludes, is the case with his uncle’s affair with numbers. Petros has spent a lifetime searching for Goldbach’s Conjecture…
At first blush, one could hardly think of a more dry and uninviting premise for a novel. But along comes applied-mathematics-student-turned film-maker, Apostolos Doxiadis, who with Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture has given us a fascinating, captivating, intellectual joy ride…
For those who want to be millionaires but shudder to contemplate facing a smirking Regis Philbin as he asks, “Is that your final answer?” the publishers of “Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture,” a novel by Apostolos Doxiadis offer a challenging alternative…