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This was a very interesting read for me. I totally enjoyed the Foreword part written by C. P. Snow, it gave the book more sense and I could understand more subtleties hidden in the actual book. When I started the part by G. H. Hardy, I got stuck by the openness of the book. He was not hiding under the finger and just said what he thought was true. I have to confess that some of his ideas where a little extreme for and I don't agree with them, but the book made me think about how much the politic
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La primera parte del libro es un prólogo bastante extenso que relata la vida de G.H. Hardy, su personalidad, su afición al criquet y su trayectoria académica.
El resto consiste en una disertación sobre la importancia de las matemáticas, su estética, la eterna discusión sobre si se inventan o se descubren en la naturaleza, y por último, un lamento por haber perdido la chispa creativa que se tiene en la juventud y se pierde con la madurez.
Es corto, entretenido, y lo recomiendo como curiosidad, a ...more
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