The discussion centers around Stephen Hawking's book "God Created the Integers," which compiles significant works in mathematics and science. Participants express concern that while the book is intended as a popularization, it includes complex texts by authors like Gauss, Riemann, and Gödel that may not be accessible to the average reader. The conversation also touches on the linguistic aspect of the term "divulgative," questioning its appropriateness in describing the book's content. Overall, the consensus is that the book may be challenging for those without a strong mathematical background.
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What does that word mean in English?Gjmdp said:This Stephen Hawking book gathers the most important books along human history. In theory, this book is just divulgative, but, Gäuss, Riemann, Gödel... books included in Hawking's are not meant to be divulgative. So, any of you who read the book(/books if separeted) think it's maybe too hard. PD: I've got some basics on Multivariable Calculus, not much far away from that.
Well, we could guess about it forever. Maybe he'll answer my question and we won't have to.smodak said:I may be completely off-track here, but from the context it seems like he means the Hawking book is a popularization but the bibliography lists book that are not popularized for the masses.
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