Mathematical People: Profiles and Interviews

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CRC Press, 18 de set. 2008 - 416 pàgines
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
 

Continguts

David Blackwell
14
ShiingShen Chern
28
John Horton Conway
36
H S M Coxeter
46
Persi Diaconis
58
Paul Erdős
74
Defending the Honor of the Human Mind
86
Master of Recreational Mathematics and Much More
92
A Reminiscence
208
Benoit Mandelbrot
212
Henry Pollak
234
George Pólya
252
Mina Rees
262
Constance Reid
274
Herbert Robbins
286
Raymond Smullyan
304

Ronald L Graham
104
Paul Halmos
114
Peter J Hilton
138
John Kemeny
156
Morris Kline
172
Donald Knuth
184
Olga TausskyTodd
320
Albert Tucker
352
Stanislaw M Ulam
366
Biographical Data
374
Back Cover
379
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Sobre l'autor (2008)

Gerald L. Alexanderson is the Valeriote Professor of Science at Santa Clara University and former chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. He is the Former President (1997-1999) and past Secretary of the Mathematical Association of America. He is also the Associate Director of the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition and editor of the Spectrum Series of books for the MAA. Donald J. Albers is Editorial Director of the books program of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). He is former Associate Executive Director and Director of Publications of the MAA. Prior to that, he was chair of the Department of Mathematics of Menlo College. He was the founding editor of Math Horizons, and as editor of the College Mathematics Journal he introduced interviews and profiles of famous mathematical personalities, which ultimately led to the publication of Mathematical People (with G.L. Alexanderson) and More Mathematical People (with Alexanderson and Constance Reid). He has co-edited six other books.

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