Fascinating Mathematical People: Interviews and Memoirs - Hardcover

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

 
9780691148298: Fascinating Mathematical People: Interviews and Memoirs
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0691148295 ISBN 13: 9780691148298
Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Donald J. Albers is senior acquisitions editor at the Mathematical Association of America. Gerald L. Alexanderson is the Michael and Elizabeth Valeriote Professor of Science at Santa Clara University. They are the editors of Mathematical People: Profiles and Interviews and More Mathematical People: Contemporary Conversations.

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"Fascinating Mathematical People is a wonderfully varied collection. We meet brilliantly successful teachers, authors, a dentist, and two Fields Medal-winning Scandinavians. Some came from academic or intellectual families, another from a blazing-hot glass factory in Pennsylvania, and still another from an ancient and storied English aristocratic background. All of them had surprising side paths and detours on their way to mathematical success."--Reuben Hersh, coauthor of Loving and Hating Mathematics

"This is a wonderful book."--Barry Cipra, coauthor of What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences

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"Fascinating Mathematical People is a wonderfully varied collection. We meet brilliantly successful teachers, authors, a dentist, and two Fields Medal-winning Scandinavians. Some came from academic or intellectual families, another from a blazing-hot glass factory in Pennsylvania, and still another from an ancient and storied English aristocratic background. All of them had surprising side paths and detours on their way to mathematical success."--Reuben Hersh, coauthor ofLoving and Hating Mathematics

"This is a wonderful book."--Barry Cipra, coauthor of What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences

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Verlag
Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691148295
ISBN 13 
9780691148298
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
352
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