I, mathematician
edited by Peter Casazza, Steven G. Krantz, Randi D. Ruden
Bok · Engelsk · 2015 · Biography.
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| Omfang | XIII, 273 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Who are mathematicians?. Mathematicians and mathematics / Michael Aschbacher ; What are mathematicians really like? Observations of a spouse / Pamela Aschbacher ; Mathematics : art and science / Michael Atiyah ; A mathematician's survival guide / Peter G. Casazza ; We are different / Underwood Dudley ; The naked lecturer / T.W. Körner ; Through a glass darkly / Steven G. Krantz ; What's a nice guy like me doing in a place like this? / Alan H. Schoenfeld ; A mathematician's eye view / Ian Stewart ; I am a mathematician / V.S. Varadarajan -- On becoming a mathematician. Mathematics and teaching / Hyman Bass ; Who we are and how we got that way? / Jonathan M. Borwein ; Social class and mathematical values in the U.S.A. / Roger Cooke ; The badly taught high school Calculus lesson and the mathematical journey it led me to / Keith Devlin ; The psychology of being a mathematician / Sol Garfunkel ; Dynamics of mathematical groups / Jane Hawkins ; Mathematics, art, civilization / Yuri I. Manin ; Questions about mathematics / Harold R. Parks ; A woman mathematician's journey / Mei-Chi Shaw -- Why I became a mathematician. Why I became a mathematician : a personal account / Harold P. Boas ; Why I became a mathematician? / Aline Bonami ; Why I am a mathematician / John P. D'Angelo ; Why I am a mathematician / Robert E. Greene ; Why I am a mathematician / Jenny Harrison ; Why I became a mathematician / Rodolfo H. Torres.. - "At the MAA Summer MathFest in 2007, Peter Casazza, Steven Krantz, and Frank Morgan were invited to organize a special session entitled "The Psychology of the Mathematician." The avowed purpose of that event was to discuss what mathematicians think of themselves and what others think of us...As a consequence, MAA editor Don Albers invited us to produce a volume inspired by our special session."-- Preface.
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| ISBN | 9780883855850
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