希尔伯特
Hilbert
Constance Reid · 初版 1970 年
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如果说哪位20世纪数学家的一生堪称其所处时代的数学史，那必定是 David Hilbert。对于两次世界大战之前及期间涌入 Gottingen 追随他求学的年轻数学家和物理学家而言，他仿佛就是数学的化身，他周围的空气似乎都“带着科学的电荷”。他在1900年极具先见之明地提出了面向新世纪的23个数学问题，奠定了随后诸多数学领域的发展方向，这至今仍是任何领域的科学家都无法复制的壮举。在他逝世时，Nature 评价道
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如果你想深入了解哥廷根，康斯坦丝·里德（Constance Reid）写的希尔伯特传记棒极了。冷知识：希尔伯特出生在柯尼斯堡，那是波罗的海边的一座港口城市，以著名的七桥问题闻名；作为二战盟军和平协议的一部分，它被划给了俄罗斯。但并非没有……
If you want a deep dive on Göttingen, Constance Reid's biography of Hilbert is great. Fun fact: Hilbert was born in Königsberg, a port city on the Baltic with a famous set of 7 bridges, and as part of the WWII peace settlement between the allies, Russia got it. But not without…
不能同意更多。任何对他感到好奇的人都该读读这本绝妙的传记：https://www.amazon.com/Hilbert-Constance-Reid/dp/0387946748。无论对于了解他的人生，还是体会他引入数学的那些微妙哲学观点，这本书都极其出色。（比如数学上的“存在”到底该……
Agreed. Anyone who is curious about him should read the superb biography https://www.amazon.com/Hilbert-Constance-Reid/dp/0387946748. It is excellent both for understanding his life, and slips in the subtle philosophical points that he introduced to mathematics. (Like what mathematical existence should…
康斯坦丝·里德那本精彩的传记《希尔伯特》（纽约：Springer-Verlag，1983；ISBN：0-387-04999-1）描述了哥廷根数学的大量历史。这可能是我读过最优秀的数学家传记了。赫尔曼·外尔曾写过一篇文章……
Constance Reid's wonderful biography "Hilbert" [New York: Springer-Verlay, 1983; ISBN: 0-387-04999-1] describes a lot of the history of mathematics in Göttingen. It may be the finest mathematical biography I've ever read. Hermann Weyl wrote an article…
……建构主义以及20世纪初相应的（从未真正解决的）数学基础大争论，那你肯定懂我在指什么。如果你对那段历史不熟，康斯坦丝·里德的《希尔伯特！》里有一段对非数学家来说读起来出奇顺畅的争论史，披着传记的外衣。另一个通俗好懂的参考是，《数学经验》（The Mathematical Experience）深入浅出地梳理了……
…constructivism and the corresponding foundational debates (never truly resolved) of the early 20th century, then it is clear what I am referring to. If you're not familiar with that, Constance Reid's Hilbert! contains a surprisingly readable history of this debate for non-mathematicians, disguised as a biography. For another accessible popular reference, The Mathematical Experience walks through this in…
很有意思，原来她是康斯坦丝·里德的亲妹妹，里德写过一本希尔伯特的精彩传记，此刻就摆在我的书桌上。
Interesting to learn she was the little sister of Constance Reid, who wrote a fantastic biography of Hilbert which is on my desk right now.
我对 Hilbert 本意的理解，可以概括为他本人的这句话："数学是一场按照某些简单规则、在纸上摆弄无意义符号的游戏。"我这么想，部分是因为我读过 Constance Reid 那本出色的……
My understanding of how Hilbert meant it is summed up in this quote from him: "Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper." I think that in part because I read Constance Reid's excellent…