{"product_id":"констанс-рид-гильберт-1977-constance-reid-hilbert-hermann-weyl-mathematics","title":"Reid, Constance. Hilbert (Ghibert), 1977. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eРид К. Гильберт. \/ С прил. обзора Г. Вейля; Пер. с англ. И. В. Долгачева и Ю. И. Манина; Под ред. Р. В. Гамкрелидзе.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Наука, Главная редакция физико-математической литературы, 1977.\u003cbr\u003e365 с. Твёрдый издательский переплёт, обычный формат.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eReid, C. Hilbert. \/ With an appreciation of Hilbert’s mathematical work by Hermann Weyl; Trans. from English.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: Nauka Publishing House, 1977.\u003cbr\u003e365 pp. Hardcover, standard format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1977 edition is the first Russian translation of the definitive biography of David Hilbert, the mathematician who, perhaps more than any other, embodied the spirit of 20th-century mathematics. Written by Constance Reid and edited for the Soviet audience by prominent mathematicians Yuri Manin and Igor Dolgachev, the book is celebrated for its ability to weave complex intellectual history into a deeply human narrative.\u003cbr\u003eThe biography meticulously traces Hilbert’s journey from the provincial academic circles of Königsberg to the pinnacle of the global mathematical community in Göttingen. It captures the legendary era of the \"Göttingen School,\" where Hilbert, alongside Minkowski and Klein, turned a small German town into the world's mathematical capital. Central to the narrative is the 1900 Paris Congress, where Hilbert presented his 23 Problems—a bold manifesto that dictated the research agenda for mathematicians for the next century.\u003cbr\u003eA vital component of this edition is the inclusion of a comprehensive appendix by Hermann Weyl, one of Hilbert’s most brilliant students. Weyl provides a rigorous technical overview of Hilbert’s vast scientific legacy, covering invariant theory, the axiomatization of geometry, and the development of Hilbert spaces, which later became the mathematical foundation of quantum mechanics.\u003cbr\u003eRich with personal anecdotes and based on extensive correspondence, Reid's work portrays Hilbert not only as a formalist genius but as a charismatic teacher who famously declared, \"We must know, we will know.\" This Russian edition remains a foundational text for historians of science and anyone seeking to understand the philosophical roots of modern mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963249459242,"sku":"EB-306633635373","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_b118852b-cac3-4317-83c4-1910e199e0ed.jpg?v=1768163263","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81-%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b4-%d0%b3%d0%b8%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%b1%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%82-1977-constance-reid-hilbert-hermann-weyl-mathematics","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}