Hilbert
Now in new trade paper editions, these classic biographies of two of the greatest 20th Century mathematicians are being released under the Copernicus imprint. These noteworthy accounts of the lives of David Hilbert and Richard Courant are closely related: Courant's story is, in many ways, seen as the sequel to the story of Hilbert. Originally published to great acclaim, both books explore the dramatic scientific history expressed in the lives of these two great scientists and described in the lively, nontechnical writing style of Contance Reid.
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Hilbert
Now in new trade paper editions, these classic biographies of two of the greatest 20th Century mathematicians are being released under the Copernicus imprint. These noteworthy accounts of the lives of David Hilbert and Richard Courant are closely related: Courant's story is, in many ways, seen as the sequel to the story of Hilbert. Originally published to great acclaim, both books explore the dramatic scientific history expressed in the lives of these two great scientists and described in the lively, nontechnical writing style of Contance Reid.
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Hilbert

Hilbert

by Constance Reid
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by Constance Reid

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Now in new trade paper editions, these classic biographies of two of the greatest 20th Century mathematicians are being released under the Copernicus imprint. These noteworthy accounts of the lives of David Hilbert and Richard Courant are closely related: Courant's story is, in many ways, seen as the sequel to the story of Hilbert. Originally published to great acclaim, both books explore the dramatic scientific history expressed in the lives of these two great scientists and described in the lively, nontechnical writing style of Contance Reid.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781461207399
Publisher: Copernicus Press
Publication date: 12/06/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Constance Reid has been called "the foremost mathematical biographer of our time." Her many books include From Zero to Infinity, A Long Way from Euclid, The Search for E.T. Bell, and Neyman, from Life.

Table of Contents

I Youth.- II Friends and Teachers.- III Doctor of Philosophy.- IV Paris.- V Gordan’s Problem.- VI Changes.- VII Only Number Fields.- VIII Tables, Chairs, and Beer Mugs.- IX Problems.- X The Future of Mathematics.- XI The New Century.- XII Second Youth.- XIII The Passionate Scientific Life.- XIV Space, Time and Number.- XV Friends and Students.- XVI Physics.- XVII War.- XVIII The Foundations of Mathematics.- XIX The New Order.- XX The Infinite!.- XXI Borrowed Time.- XXII Logic and the Understanding of Nature.- XXIII Exodus.- XXIV Age.- XXV The Last Word.
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