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