Piers Paul-Read

A bitter legacy

André and Simone Weil are hardly household names in Britain today, but in the world of mathematics the former is acknowledged as a genius for his work on number theory; and to many philosophers, André’s sister, Simone, is both a genius and a saint.

  • At Home with Andre and Simone Weil

    Sylvie Weil, translated from the French by Benjamin Ivry

    Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois, pp. 192

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