Mathematical People
eBook - ePub

Mathematical People

Profiles and Interviews

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mathematical People

Profiles and Interviews

About this book

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 introdu

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table Of Contents
  6. Preface to Second Edition
  7. Preface to First Edition
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction: Reflections on Writing the History of Mathematics
  10. Garrett Birkhoff
  11. David Blackwell
  12. Shiing-Shen Chern
  13. John Horton Conway
  14. H. S. M. Coxeter
  15. Persi Diaconis
  16. Paul Erdős
  17. Martin Gardner: Defending the Honor of the Human Mind
  18. Martin Gardner: Master of Recreational Mathematics and Much More
  19. Ronald L. Graham
  20. Paul Halmos
  21. Peter J. Hilton
  22. John Kemeny
  23. Morris Kline
  24. Donald Knuth
  25. Solomon Lefschetz: A Reminiscence
  26. Benoit Mandelbrot
  27. Henry Pollak
  28. George Pólya
  29. Mina Rees
  30. Constance Reid
  31. Herbert Robbins
  32. Raymond Smullyan
  33. Olga Taussky-Todd
  34. Albert Tucker
  35. Stanislaw M. Ulam
  36. It’s A Wise Father That Knows His Own Bomb
  37. Biographical Data