Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xxv
6. Part I
7. Chapter 1. Introduction: The Veil 3
8. Chapter 2. How I Acquired Charisma 7
9. Chapter 3. Not Merely Good, True, and Beautiful 54
10. Chapter 4. Megaloprepeia 79
11. Chapter 5. An Automorphic Reading of Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day (Interrupted by Elliptical Reflections on Mason & Dixon) 128
12. Part II
13. Chapter 6. Further Investigations of the Mind-Body Problem 141
14. Chapter 7. The Habit of Clinging to an Ultimate Ground 181
15. Chapter 8. The Science of Tricks 222
16. Chapter 9. A Mathematical Dream and Its Interpretation 265
17. Chapter 10. No Apologies 279
18. Afterword. The Veil of Maya 321
19. Notes 327
20. Bibliography 397
21. Index of Mathematicians 423
22. Subject Index 427