You Failed Your Math Test, Comrade Einstein : Adventures And Misadventures Of Young Mathematicians.
This groundbreaking work features two essays written by the renowned mathematician Ilan Vardi. The first essay presents a thorough analysis of contrived problems suggested to "undesirable" applicants to the Department of Mathematics of Moscow University. His second essay gives an in-depth...
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World Scientific,
2005
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Table of Contents:
- From The Editor; Mathematics at the service of ideology of "real socialism"; On this book; Thank you; List of Contributors and Advisors; References; Contents; Part 1; Mekh-Mat Entrance Examinations Problems; Solutions To The Year 2000 International Mathematical Olympiad; My Role As An Outsider; Part 2; Intellectual Genocide; Remarks; Science And Totalitarianisma; Admission To The Mathematics Departments In Russia In The 1970s And 1980sa; Entrance Examination To The Mekhmat a; Part 3; Free Education At The Highest Price:; Jewish Universitya; Remembering Bella Abramovnaa.
