Stephen Smale - Reaching Higher Dimensions
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Stephen Smale - Reaching Higher Dimensions

  1. 594 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 17 Jan |Learn more

Stephen Smale - Reaching Higher Dimensions

About this book

In 2000, the American Mathematical Society published a biography of Professor Stephen Smale, who had recently retired from a prestigious career at the University of California, Berkeley. But in retirement, Professor Smale has continued his academic pursuits through the present day, resulting in numerous additional publications and honors in the past 20+ years. As part of the CityU Legacy Series, this book documents Professor Smale's time at City University of Hong Kong, during his first appointment as a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Mathematics from 1995-2001 as well as when he returned from 2009-2016. It also covers colorful and adventurous aspects of his life, including his impressive mineral collection and intrepid sailing and hiking trips to exotic locales. So that readers can experience the full extent of Professor Smale's notable life and work, the previous biography about him is included to provide a complete picture of this renowned scholar of international influence.

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Table of contents

  1. Series Preface by Kenneth Lo
  2. Preface by Lenore Blum
  3. Preface by Felipe Cucker
  4. Preface by Ding-Xuan Zhou
  5. Preface by Steve Batterson
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Credits
  8. 01: One Room Schoolhouse
  9. 02: Marxism and Mathematics at Ann Arbor
  10. 03: Early Mathematical Audacity
  11. 04: On the Beaches of Rio
  12. 05: Berkeley to Columbia and Back to Berkeley
  13. 06: The Lone Ranger of the Antiwar Movement
  14. 07: The Summer of 1966
  15. 08: Smale Versus the National Science Foundation
  16. 09: The Aesthetic Side: Minerals and Photography
  17. 10: Adventure and Physical Risks
  18. 11: Other People
  19. 12: Smale the Mathematician
  20. 13: Six Years at City University
  21. 14: New Challenges in Chicago
  22. 15: Back to Hong Kong
  23. 16: Biology, Berkeley, and a Lasting Legacy
  24. Mathematical Appendix
  25. Notes