Mathematical People: Profiles and InterviewsCRC 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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