Mathematical people : profiles and interviews

著者

• Albers, Donald J.
• Alexanderson, Gerald L.

書誌事項

Mathematical people : profiles and interviews

Donald J. Albers and Gerald L. Alexanderson, editors ; introduction by Philip J. Davis

AK Peters, c2008

2nd ed.

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

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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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA87297911
• ISBN:
  • 9781568813400
• LCCN: 2007047393
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Wellesley, Mass.
• ページ数/冊数: xxvi, 386 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QA28
  • DC22 : 510.92/2
  • DC22 : B
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Mathematicians -- Biography