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Philosophia: The Thought of Rosa Luxembourg, Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt

Andrea Nye

London: Routledge

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Simone Weil’s Philosophy of Culture: Readings Toward a Divine Humanity

Richard H. Bell

New York: Cambridge University Press

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The Influence of the Writings of Simone Weil on Iris Murdoch

Gabriele Griffin

San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press

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The Apprenticeship of a Mathematician

Andre Weil read
  • Publisher (UK: Birkhauser, 1991) ( Jennifer Gage, translator) (pp., 197)

“Extremely readable recollections of the author… A rare testimony of a period of the history of 20th century mathematics. Includes very interesting recollections on the author’s participation in the formation of the Bourbaki Group, tells of his meetings and conversations with leading mathematicians, reflects his views on mathematics. The book describes an extraordinary career of an exceptional man and mathematicians. Strongly recommended to specialists as well as to the general public.”

EMS Newsletter (1992)

“This excellent book is the English edition of the author’s autobiography. … This very enjoyable reading is recommended to all mathematicians.”
Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum (1992)

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Spiritual Guides for Today: Evelyn Underhill, Dorothy Day, Karl Rahner, Simone Weil, Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen

Alice Callahan

Frederick, MD: Crossroad Publishing

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Simone Weil: Portrait of a Self-Exiled Jew

T. Nevin

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press

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Utopian Pessimist: The Life and Thought of Simone Weil

David McLellan

New York: Poseidon Press

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Simone Weil: An Intellectual Biography

Gabriella Fiori

Joseph R. Berrigan, trans., University of Georgia Press