The Proof Stage How Theater Reveals the Human Truth of Mathematics

Free Download Stephen Abbott, "The Proof Stage: How Theater Reveals the Human Truth of Mathematics"
English | ISBN: 0691206082 | 2023 | 416 pages | PDF | 5 MB
How playwrights from Alfred Jarry and Samuel Beckett to Tom Stoppard and Simon McBurney brought the power of abstract mathematics to the human stage

The discovery of alternate geometries, paradoxes of the infinite, incompleteness, and chaos theory revealed that, despite its reputation for certainty, mathematical truth is not immutable, perfect, or even perfectible. Beginning in the last century, a handful of adventurous playwrights took inspiration from the fractures of modern mathematics to expand their own artistic boundaries. Originating in the early avant-garde, mathematics-infused theater reached a popular apex in Tom Stoppard’s 1993 play
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