Mathematical people : profiles and interviews
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Mathematical people : profiles and interviews
AK Peters, c2008
2nd ed.
Available at 3 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This unique collection contains extensive and in-depth interviews with mathematicians who have shaped the field of mathematics in the twentieth century. Collected by two mathematicians respected in the community for their skill in communicating mathematical topics to a broader audience, the book is also rich with photographs and includes an introduction by Philip J. Davis.
Table of Contents
Foreword. Introduction: Reflections on Writing the History of Mathematics. Garrett Birkhoff. David Blackwell. Shiing-Shen Chern. John H. Conway. H. S. M. Coxeter. Persi Diaconis. Paul Erdos. Martin Gardner: Defending the Honor of the Human Mind. Martin Gardner: Master of Recreational Mathematics and Much More. Ronald L Graham. Paul Halmos. Peter J. Hilton. John Kemeny. Morris Kline. Donald Knuth. Solomon Lefschetz: AReminiscence. Benoit Mandelbrot. Henry Pollak. George Polya. Mina Rees. Constance Reid. Herbert Robbins. Raymond Smullyan. Olga Taussky-Todd. Albert Tucker. Stanislaw M. Ulam
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