Love and mathematics. The heart of hidden reality

Imagine that you want to learn painting, and they explain how beautifully and well to paint the fence, instead of showing the paintings of Van Gogh, Picasso or other great artists, and do not even tell you that they exist. Unfortunately, the study of mathematics in schools sometimes resembles the process of observing how the paint dries and cracks on a wooden board.
In this book, the famous mathematician Eduard Frenkel opens the hidden sides of mathematics, allowing us to see in it the beauty and elegance, characteristic only of the greatest masterpieces. “Mathematics,” he says, “this is a portal in an unknown world, the key to understanding the deepest secrets of the Universe and ourselves.” The Great Mathematician invites us all to this mysterious world