
The Mathematician's Shiva
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Narrado por:
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Angela Brazil
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Stephen R. Thorne
When the greatest female mathematician in history passes away, her son, Alexander "Sasha" Karnokovitch, just wants to mourn his mother in peace. But rumor has it the notoriously eccentric Polish émigré has solved one of the most difficult problems in all of mathematics and has spitefully taken the solution to her grave. As a ragtag group of mathematicians from around the world descends upon Rachela's shiva, determined to find the proof or solve it for themselves - even if it means prying up the floorboards for notes or desperately scrutinizing the mutterings of her African Grey parrot - Sasha must come to terms with his mother's outsized influence on his life.
Spanning decades and continents, from a crowded living room in Madison, Wisconsin, to the windswept beach on the Barents Sea where a young Rachela had her first mathematical breakthrough, The Mathematician's Shiva is an unexpectedly moving and uproariously funny novel that captures humanity's drive not just to survive but to achieve the impossible.
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The narrator was fantastic.
Great read
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Wonderfully Colorful Novel
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Characters that come to life
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Listeners who are not scientists might benefit from reading a little about the Navier-Stokes equations on wikipedia, not that one must understand the mathematics, but in order to place the problem in context. It is a basic equation for incompressible fluid flow and apparently can describe all observed behaviors, including turbulence, but the existence of solutions with the properties expected has never been demonstrated. Also, there really is a million dollar Millenium Prize awaiting the person or group who is able to characterize solutions to this equation. The reader, Stephen Thorne, does a good job with the characters, but I found Angela Brazil's portrayal of Rachela reading from her diary a bit off-putting, especially toward the end of the book. To me, she doesn't sound at all like the woman described.
Terrific debut. Reads as if it ought to be true.
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I don't usually write reviews, but this is the exception, I guess partly because, like the characters in this book, I am a Jewish female mathematician whose forbears came to the US from Russia. It was a great read, and to my surprise, I found myself regularly laughing out loud at the dialogue, as the narrator grapples with dichotomies: emotions vs. science vs politics vs. religion-- and how they all complicate life. This will be a rare case for me as I intend to read it again.
What about Angela Brazil and Stephen R. Thorne ’s performance did you like?
The performances were outstanding, especially Mr. Thorne's variations on a Russian accent to differentiate (see!---Math everywhere!) the various characters.
Brilliant and Original
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Surprisingly delightful since I don’t like math.
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Enjoyable listening despite several mispronunciations!
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Performance -Outstanding
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This is just someone's personal rant.
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