Handbook of the History of General Topology
This book is the second volume of the Handbook of the History of General Topology. As was the case for the first volume, the contributions contained in it concern either individual topologists, specific schools of topology, specific periods of development, specific topics or a combination of these. The second volume focuses on the work of famous topologists, such as W. Sierpinski, K. Kuratowski (both by R. Engelkind), S. Mazurkiewicz (by R. Pol) and R.G. Bing (by M. Starbird). Furthermore, it contains articles covering Uniform, Proximinal and Nearness Concepts in Topology (by H.L. Bentley, H. Herrlich, M. Husek), Hausdorff Compactifications (by R.E. Chandler, G. Faulkner), Continua Theory (by J.J. Charatonik), Generalized Metrizable Spaces (by R.E. Hodel), Minimal Hausdorff Spaces and Maximally Connected Spaces (by J.R. Porter, R.M. Stephenson Jr.), Orderable Spaces (by S. Purisch), Developable Spaces (by S.D. Shore) and The Alexandroff-Sorgenfrey Line (by D.E. Cameron). Together with the first volume and the forthcoming volume(s) this work on the history of topology, in all its aspects, is unique, and presents important views and insights into the problems and development of topological theories and applications of topological concepts, and into the life and work of topologists. As such it will encourage not only further study in the history of the subject, but also further mathematical research in the field. It is an invaluable tool for topology researchers and topology teachers throughout the mathematical world
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Wac?aw Sierpi?ski (1882-1969)
His Life and Work in Topology
The Works of Stefan Mazurkiewicz in Topology
Kazimierz Kuratowski (1896-1980)
His Life and Work in Topology
R.H. Bing's Human and Mathematical Vitality
From Developments to Developable Spaces
A History of Generalized Metrizable Spaces
The Historical Development of Uniform, Proximal, and Nearness Concepts in Topology
Hausdorff Compactifications: A Retrospective
Minimal Hausdorff Spaces
Then and Now
A History of Results on Orderability and Suborderability
History of Continuum Theory
Why I Study the History of Mathematics
The Alexandroff-Sorgenfrey Line
The Flowering of General Topology in Japan
Correction
English