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★ Winner of Russia's most important non-fiction book award "PROCVETITEL"!
★ This book was initiated by the Russian Academy of Sciences and Skolkovo- one of the world's outstanding education and research centers in Russia as the science and education project supported by Russian major medias!
★ When mathematicians are walking, what are they thinking and talking about? Join us for a walk!
★ This book is published in English and Russian languages.

In this book, we "collected" a lot of people, people related to mathematics, or people who dedicated their lives to mathematics.
Who are these people, and what stories do they have with mathematics? What happened today? We heard the new progress and discoveries of various disciplines, but what do you know about mathematics? Maybe you think of some complicated equations and difficult mathematics problems, you feel a headache ... Have you ever thought why this world needs mathematics? What is math today? Why is mathematics important? How does mathematicians work? How did their thinking spark and have a new discovery?

Mathematical Walks is a science education project initiated by the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kharkevich Institute) and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech). The project was implemented during 2016 with the support of a number of Russia’s leading media companies. Magazines, newspapers and Internet portals published interviews with leading Russian mathematicians and scientists working in fields related to mathematics.
Over 20 researchers were invited to be interviewed while strolling along the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg, discussing maths, politics, music, poetry, the current status of academic research in Russia and abroad, and many other things. A few of the interviews, marked as “special issues,” use a more traditional format.
This book is an English translation of the interviews. A lot of what they contain is specifically Russian, but that is part of their interest. We hope that the book will help a foreign reader to get a feeling for what Russian mathematicians talk about, what concerns them and what they aspire to. The careers of many of the interviewees overlap the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, so their memories take us on a “walk through time”.
Start from the beginning or start in the middle. We guarantee that you will be drawn in. Join us for a walk!

Alexander Kuleshov: Born in Moscow in 1946, Russian mathematician, doctor of technology science, information technology and mathematical modeling experts, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dean of the School of Science and Technology of Skolkovo.

Juri Apresjan: Born in Moscow in 1930, Russian linguist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Victor Vassiliev: Born in Moscow in 1956, Russian mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, chairman of the Moscow Mathematics Society, expert in the field of topology. Russian Federal Government Award winner.

Mikhail Gelfand: Born in Russia in 1963, Ph.D. in Bioscience, Deputy Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Member of the European Academy of Sciences, and professor of modeling technology at the College of Higher Economics. He was the grandson of Israe Gelfind, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, and the son of mathematician Sergei Gelfend.

Yuliy Ilyashenko: Born in Moscow in 1943, Russian mathematician, vice chairman of the Moscow Mathematics Society, President of Moscow University, Professor of Mathematics in Moscow State University and Cornell University.