Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Imagine Math 6 pp 269–279Cite as

Éloge des Mathématiques

  • Chapter
  • First Online:

  • 993 Accesses

Abstract

This text comments the surprising Éloge des Mathématiques, contained in Les Chants de Maldoror, written from 1868–1869 by the Comte de Lautréamont.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD   89.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

References

  1. I.L. Ducasse, Chants de Maldoror (A. Lacroix, Parigi, 1869), comte de Lautrémont. https://thanatologist.wordpress.com/ode-to-mathematics/

    Google Scholar 

  2. A. Astruc, Evariste Galois (Flammarion, Parigi, 1964)

    Google Scholar 

  3. A. Astruc, film maker, L’Éloge des Mathématiques. Evariste Galois, 30 m. (France, 1965)

    Google Scholar 

  4. A. Badiou, G. Haéri, Éloge des Matématiques (Flammarion, Paris, 2015)

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  5. A. Badiou, G. Haéri, In Praise of Mathematics (Polity Press, Cambridge, 2016)

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  6. J. Lacan (ed.), Scilicet, n. 1 (Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1968)

    Google Scholar 

  7. E. Ragland, D. Milovanovic (eds.), Lacan: Topologically Speaking (Other Press, New York, 2004)

    Google Scholar 

  8. M. Emmer, Racconto matematico memorie impersonali (2019, to appear)

    Google Scholar 

  9. In [5], pp. 2–3

    Google Scholar 

  10. In [5], p. 4

    Google Scholar 

  11. C. Lévi-Strauss, Structures Élémentaires de la Parenté (Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1949). Eng. ed. The Elementary Structures of Kinship (Beacon Press, Boston, 1969)

    Google Scholar 

  12. A. Weil, Souvenirs d’Apprentissage (Birkhäuser, Basel, 1991)

    Book  Google Scholar 

  13. A. Weil, Appendice, in [11]

    Google Scholar 

  14. L. Viganò, Galois (Il Nuovo Melangolo, Genova, 2005)

    Google Scholar 

  15. In [5], pp. 5–6

    Google Scholar 

  16. In [5], p. viii

    Google Scholar 

  17. In [5], pp. 8–9

    Google Scholar 

  18. C. Villani, Théorème Vivant, (Grasset, Paris, 2013). Eng. ed. The Birth of a Theorem: A. Mathematical Adventure (The Bodley Head, London, 2015)

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  19. O. Peyon, film maker, Comment j’ai détesté les Maths, 104 m. (Canope Editon, France, 2013).

    Google Scholar 

  20. In [5] p. 15

    Google Scholar 

  21. In [5], p. 22

    Google Scholar 

  22. In [5], pp. 26–27

    Google Scholar 

  23. In [5], p. 40

    Google Scholar 

  24. G.H. Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1941)

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  25. J.H. Poincaré, La Science et l’Hypothèse (Parigi, 1902)

    Google Scholar 

  26. J. Hadamard, The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1945)

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  27. In [5], pp. 41–42

    Google Scholar 

  28. In [5], p. 43

    Google Scholar 

  29. In [5], pp. 62–64

    Google Scholar 

  30. In [5], p. 65

    Google Scholar 

  31. R. Musil, Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß, (Wiener verlag, Wien, 1906). Eng. ed. The Confusions of Young Törless (Penguin, London, 2001)

    Google Scholar 

  32. J.A. Mayorga Ruano, El Chico de la Ultima Fila (Madrid, 2006)

    Google Scholar 

  33. F. Ozon, film maker, Dans la Maison, script F. Ozon, with Fabrice Lucchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Ernst Umhauer, (France, 2012).

    Google Scholar 

  34. In [24], p. 139

    Google Scholar 

  35. P. Zellini, in La Matematica degli dei e Gli Algoritmi degli Uomini (Adelphi, Milano, 2016)

    Google Scholar 

  36. In [35], p. 213

    Google Scholar 

  37. In [5], pp. 101–104

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Sapienza University of Rome, retired, Rome, Italy

    Michele Emmer

  2. IVSLA, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice, Italy

    Michele Emmer

Authors
  1. Michele Emmer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Michele Emmer .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Roma, Italy

    Michele Emmer

  2. Mathematics Department, University of Pisa , Pisa, Italy

    Marco Abate

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Emmer, M. (2018). Éloge des Mathématiques. In: Emmer, M., Abate, M. (eds) Imagine Math 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93949-0_21

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation