Fascinating mathematical people

Fascinating mathematical people: interviews and memoirs

by Albers, Donald J. Alexanderson, Gerald L. Davis, Philip J.

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Fascinating Mathematical People is a collection of informal interviews and memoirs of sixteen prominent members of the mathematical community of the twentieth century, many still active. The candid portraits collected here demonstrate that while these men and women vary widely in terms of their backgrounds, life stories, and worldviews, they all share a deep and abiding sense of wonder about mathematics. Featured here--in their own words--are major research mathematicians whose cutting-edge dis…

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  • Full title :Fascinating mathematical people : interviews and memoirs / Donald J. Albers and Gerald L. Alexanderson, editors; with a foreword by Philip J. Davis.

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Fascinating Mathematical People is a collection of informal interviews and memoirs of sixteen prominent members of the mathematical community of the twentieth century, many still active. The candid portraits collected here demonstrate that while these men and women vary widely in terms of their backgrounds, life stories, and worldviews, they all share a deep and abiding sense of wonder about mathematics. Featured here--in their own words--are major research mathematicians whose cutting-edge discoveries have advanced the frontiers of the field, such as Lars Ahlfors, Mary Cartwright, Dusa McD.

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  • Publication Date:c2011.

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  • Description:Online-Ressource (1 v. p.)

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  • ISBN:9781400839551, 1400839556, 9780691148298, 0691148295
  • oclc:on1047866107
  • LC Classification:QA28
  • Dewey Decimal:510.92/2

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Mathematicians Mathematicians -- Biography Mathematicians -- Interviews Mathématiciens

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Albers, Donald J. Alexanderson, Gerald L. Davis, Philip J.

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