{"product_id":"a-certain-ambiguity-a-mathematical-novel-paperback","title":"A Certain Ambiguity: A Mathematical Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGaurav Suri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHartosh Singh Bal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile taking a class on infinity at Stanford in the late 1980s, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had faced many decades earlier--and that had landed him in jail. Charged under an obscure blasphemy law in a small New Jersey town in 1919, Vijay Sahni is challenged by a skeptical judge to defend his belief that the certainty of mathematics can be extended to all human knowledge--including religion. Together, the two men discover the power--and the fallibility--of what has long been considered the pinnacle of human certainty, Euclidean geometry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As grandfather and grandson struggle with the question of whether there can ever be absolute certainty in mathematics or life, they are forced to reconsider their fundamental beliefs and choices. Their stories hinge on their explorations of parallel developments in the study of geometry and infinity--and the mathematics throughout is as rigorous and fascinating as the narrative and characters are compelling and complex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moving and enlightening, \u003ci\u003eA Certain Ambiguity\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about what it means to face the extent--and the limits--of human knowledge.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Certain Ambiguity\u003c\/i\u003e is an amazing narrative that glows with a vivid sense of the beauty and wonder of mathematics.\"\u003cb\u003e--Martin Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a truly captivating thriller that will take you on a whirlwind tour to infinity--and beyond. But be warned: once you start reading, you won't be able to put it aside until finished! A masterly-told story that weaves together criminal law, ancient and modern history, a young man's quest to know his deceased grandfather-and some highly intriguing mathematics.\"\u003cb\u003e--Eli Maor, author of \u003ci\u003ee: the Story of a Number\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This rich and engaging novel follows the path that leads one young person to become a professional mathematician. By deftly blending the young man's story with mathematical ideas and historical developments in the subject, the authors succeed brilliantly in taking the reader on a tour of some of the major highlights in the philosophy of mathematics. If that were not enough, the book also examines, through the minds of its characters, the natures of faith (religious and other) and truth. I am strongly thinking of building a university non-majors math course around this novel.\"\u003cb\u003e--Keith Devlin, Stanford University, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Math Gene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Certain Ambiguity\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkably good effort to work through some fundamental issues in the philosophy of mathematics in the context of a novel. Crucial to the success of such a venture is creating characters and a plot that are strong enough to hold a reader's interest. Suri and Bal succeed particularly well in the story of Vijay Sahni and Judge Taylor. This well-written book will, I believe, find readers not only among mathematicians, but in a wider audience that is intrigued by mathematical meaning.\"\u003cb\u003e--Joan Richards, Brown University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Suri and Bal convey the beauty and elegance--as well as the fascination--of basic mathematical concepts.\"\u003cb\u003e--Alexander Paseau, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGaurav Suri\u003c\/b\u003e, a partner at a global management consulting firm in San Francisco, holds a master's degree in mathematics from Stanford. \u003cb\u003eHartosh Singh Bal\u003c\/b\u003e, a leading independent journalist in New Delhi, holds a master's degree in mathematics from New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228322480377,"sku":"9780691146010","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZXd0dzZKa2dId3hLZXdZVGpCbTBiUT09.webp?v=1768290467","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-certain-ambiguity-a-mathematical-novel-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}