ISBN号:9780691243368
书名:The Proof Stage
作者:Stephen Abbott
出版日期:2023-03-30
英文简介:
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 Arcadia.
In The Proof Stage, mathematician Stephen Abbott explores this unlikely collaboration of theater and mathematics.
He probes the impact of mathematics on such influential writers as Alfred Jarry, Samuel Beckett, Bertolt Brecht, and Stoppard, and delves into the life and mathematics of Alan Turing as they are rendered onstage.
The result is an unexpected story about the mutually illuminating relationship between proofs and plays–from Euclid and Euripides to Gödel and Godot.
Theater is uniquely poised to discover the soulful, human truths embedded in the austere theorems of mathematics, but this is a difficult feat.
It took Stoppard twenty-five years of experimenting with the creative possibilities of mathematics before he succeeded in making fractal geometry and chaos theory integral to Arcadia’s emotional arc.
In addition to charting Stoppard’s journey, Abbott examines the post-Arcadia wave of ambitious works by Michael Frayn, David Auburn, Simon McBurney, Snoo Wilson, John Mighton, and others.
Collectively, these gifted playwrights transform the great philosophical upheavals of mathematics into profound and sometimes poignant revelations about the human journey.
中文简介:
从阿尔弗雷德·贾里(Alfred Jarry)和塞缪尔·贝克特(Samuel Beckett)到汤姆·斯托帕德(Tom Stoppard)和西蒙·麦克伯尼(Simon McBurney)等剧作家如何将抽象数学的力量带入人类舞台交替几何、无限悖论、不完备性和混沌理论的发现表明,尽管数学以确定性着称,但数学真理不是一成不变的、完美的,甚至是可以完美的。
从上个世纪开始,一些富有冒险精神的剧作家从现代数学的断裂中汲取灵感,拓展了自己的艺术疆域。
起源于早期前卫的数学戏剧在汤姆·斯托帕德 (Tom Stoppard) 1993 年的戏剧《阿卡迪亚》(Arcadia) 中达到了流行的顶峰。
在《证明阶段》中,数学家斯蒂芬·阿博特探索了戏剧和数学这种不太可能的合作。
他探讨了数学对阿尔弗雷德·贾里、塞缪尔·贝克特、贝尔托·布莱希特和斯托帕德等有影响力的作家的影响,并深入研究了艾伦·图灵在舞台上的生活和数学。
结果是一个关于证明和戏剧之间相互启发的关系的意想不到的故事——从欧几里得和欧里庇得斯到哥德尔和戈多。
戏剧具有独特的优势,可以发现蕴藏在严谨的数学定理中的深情的人类真理,但这是一项艰巨的任务。
斯托帕德花了二十五年的时间尝试数学的创造性可能性,才成功地将分形几何和混沌理论融入到阿卡迪亚的情感弧线中。
除了描绘斯托帕德的旅程之外,阿博特还研究了迈克尔·弗雷恩(Michael Frayn)、大卫·奥本(David Auburn)、西蒙·麦克伯尼(Simon McBurney)、斯诺·威尔逊(Snoo Wilson)、约翰·麦顿(John Mighton)等人的后阿卡迪亚浪潮中雄心勃勃的作品。
这些才华横溢的剧作家共同将数学的哲学巨变转化为关于人类旅程的深刻且有时令人心酸的启示。
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