TY - BOOK AU - Lang, Serge AU - Lang, Serge TI - The Beauty of Doing Mathematics : : three public dialogues SN - 9780387961491 U1 - 510 LAN PY - 1985/// CY - New York PB - : Springer-Verlag KW - Mathematics KW - Diophantische Gleichung KW - Geometrie KW - Topologie KW - Matematica -- biografias N1 - "Originally, they were published in the Revue du Palais de la découverte [in French]"--Preface. What does a pure mathematician do and why? -- A lively activity -- Great problems of geometry and space N2 - If someone told you that mathematics is quite beautiful, you might be surprised. But you should know that some people do mathematics all their lives, and create mathematics, just as a composer creates music. By "mathematics" I mean pure mathematics ER -