The Vexing Case of Igor Shafarevich, a Russian Political Thinker

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Berglund, Krista (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2012.
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Social sciences.; Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

This is the first comprehensive study about the non-mathematical writings and activities of the Russian algebraic geometer and number theorist Igor Shafarevich (b. 1923). In the 1970s Shafarevich was a prominent member of the dissidents’ human rights movement and a noted author of clandestine anti-c...