_______________

'Beguiling... I was riveted. Olsson is evocative on curiosity as an appetite of the mind, on the pleasure of glutting oneself on knowledge' - New York Times

'A wonderful book... Reading it is akin to kicking a can along the road of higher learning' - Patti Smith

'A remarkable tour de force' - Standpoint
_______________

Simone Weil: philosopher, political activist, mystic - and sister to André, one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. These two extraordinary siblings formed an obsession for Karen Olsson, who studied mathematics at Harvard, only to turn to writing as a vocation.

When Olsson got hold of the 1940 letters between the siblings, she found they shared a curiosity about the inception of creative thought - that flash of insight - that Olsson experienced as both a mathematics student, and later, a novelist.

Following this thread of connections, The Weil Conjectures explores the lives of Simone and André, the lore and allure of mathematics, and its significance in Olsson's own life.

• We started tracking this book on July 24, 2019.
• This book was £8.68 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 65 times in the past 1,728 days.
• The current price of this book is £7.99 last checked 19 hours ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £5.03.
• The lowest price to date was £5.03 last reached on March 19, 2024.
• This book has been £5.03 12 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £11.39 last reached on March 29, 2020.
• This book has been £11.39 one time since we started tracking it.

• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 219 Pages
• File Size: 1,008 KB