Mathematical Lives

Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

AvCLAUDIO BARTOCCI,Renato Betti,Angelo Guerraggio,Roberto Lucchetti,Claudio Bartocci

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Steps forward in mathematics often reverberate in other scientific disciplines, and give rise to innovative conceptual developments or find surprising technological applications.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-09-28
Mått155 x 235 x 14 mm
Vikt388 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor238
FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN9783642447556
OriginaltitelVite matematiche - Protagonisti del ’900 da Hilbert a Wiles - C. Bartocci, R. Betti, A. Guerraggio, R. Lucchetti (Editors)
ÖversättareWilliams, Kim

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Preface.- Hilbert’s Problems.-The Way We Were.- Intermezzo: Verlaine and Poincaré from Etudes littéraires.- B.Russell.- G.H.Hardy.- E.Noether.- Intermezzo: Carciopholus romanus from Furor mathematicus.- P.A.M.Dirac.- J. von Neumann.- K.Gödel.- Intermezzo: In Homage to Gödel.- R.Musil.- A.M.Turing.- R.Caccioppoli.- B. de Finetti.- A.N.Kolmogorov.- Bourbaki.- R.Queneau.- J.F.Nash, Jr.- E.De Giorgi.- L.Schwartz.- R.Thom.- A.Grothendick.- G.-C.Rota.- S.Smale.- M.F. Atiyah.- V.I.Arnold.- E.Bombieri.- M.Gardner.- F.W.Lawvere.- An Interview with A.Wiles.

From the reviews: "To attract new blood, mathematics must have a human face. ... Thus, one welcomes a book on Bell's model for the 20th century. ... Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries." (D. V. Feldman, Choice, Vol. 48 (9), May, 2011) "This is a highly recommendable reading for mathematicians ... . Being a collection of independent chapters, the reader can proceed by browsing through the sections guided by the contents table. ... the reader can pick the book as a novel and read it from first page to last. This is relevant, because the organization and ordering of the chapters contribute to the overall effect by combining in different doses mathematics and life ... . This is a book to read and enjoy ... ." (Jesus M. Ruiz, The European Mathematical Society, August, 2011) "This translation of a 2007 Italian collection has very interesting writeups about Michael Atiyah, N. Bourbaki, E. De Giorgi, A. N. Kolmogorov, John Nash, Laurent Schwartz, Gian-Carlo Rota, and Stephen Smale, among others. ... its descriptions of Italian mathematics and its context will be particularly valuable to non-Italians. ... there are lots of biographies and commentaries available." (Robert E. O'Malley, Jr., SIAM Review, Vol. 53 (2), 2011)