This is the first complete English translation of Pavel Florensky's original and ambitious attempt to arrive at a geometric representation of imaginary numbers, in a context that had already captured the attention of other mathematicians, including Gauss, Argan, Cauchy and Bellavitis. Florensky did not limit his attempt solely to complex projective geometry, but extended it to encompass Ptolemaic-Dantean cosmology and Einstein's Principle of Relativity, as well as a new epistemological theory. The resulting treatise combines various disciplines and explores the relationship between an immanent realm of knowledge and a transcendent one.
These are the complete letters written Pavel Florensky after his arrest in 1933 and before his transfer to the Solovki Islands in 1934. They reveal a character which accepted misfortune and injustice with dignity and hope, a keen mind ready to apply itself to new circumstances, and a heart full of longing and gentle love for his family. Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky, born in Azerbaijan in 1882, was a gifted polymath who studied nearly every science available to him and was also well-versed in art and literature. He was also a Russian Orthodox priest and noted theologian. In his time at the gulag in Russia's Amur Region, he applied himself to the study of permafrost and wrote letters to his children, often guiding them in their studies, drawing from his wealth of expertise.
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