Vladimir Andreevich Uspensky is a student of Kolmogorov, a well-known mathematician, a professor at Moscow University. But that is not why reading his books and articles, listening to his lectures and communicating with him is an inspiring activity.
Vladimir Andreevich Uspensky is a student of Kolmogorov, a well-known mathematician, a professor at Moscow University. But that is not why reading his books and articles, listening to his lectures and communicating with him is an inspiring activity. The thing is that Ouspensky, firstly, loves not only his mathematics; he treats the humanities with sincere interest and reverence. Secondly, he is convinced that the philosophy of mathematics is part of human culture and therefore necessary for “every cultured person” (if you protest, it means that you were simply badly taught mathematics at school; if you think this is an exaggeration, think about how mathematics expands the skills of thinking and the horizons of the imagination). And finally, he can brilliantly tell the history of science, state the foundations of science and set the boundaries of science — addressing the reader with emphatic politeness, but without condescension, without changing his ironic and slightly detached style, but in every possible way making the complex clear.
“It would seem that what could be more important and primary than the ability to distinguish true statements from false statements? However, even more important, even more primary, is the ability to distinguish meaningful statements from meaningless ones. If you agree with this statement, and also rejoice when the incomprehensible is explained to you, they tell you new things about the known and show unexpected connections between familiar things, then you will find great intellectual pleasure.
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