Abraham Robinson
The Creation of Nonstandard Analysis, A Personal and Mathematical Odyssey
Published on 15. June 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
579 pages
978-0-691-05911-2 (ISBN)
Description
One of the most prominent mathematicians of the 20th century, Abraham Robinson discovered and developed nonstandard analysis, a rigorous theory of infinitesimals that he used to unite mathematical logic with the larger body of historic and modern mathematics. In this biography of Robinson, Joseph Dauben reveals the mathematician's personal life to have been a dramatic one: developing his talents in spite of war and ethnic repression, Robinson personally confronted some of the worst political troubles of our times. The book combines an explanation of Robinson's revolutionary achievements in pure and applied mathematics with a description of his odyssey from Hitler's Germany to the United States via conflict-ridden Palestine and wartime Europe.
Reviews / Votes
"Joseph Warren Dauben, Winner of the 2012 Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize, American Mathematical Society" "This masterpiece of scientific biography presents the eventful life and the pioneering work of a remarkable figure of twentieth-century pure and applied mathematics as well as symbolic logic. [A] well-written and most carefully researched text [that is] enlightening and delightful to read. Dauben alternates two narratives, biography and the progression of science, not omitting daily and academic life, and their background in general and cultural history, of the stations of Robinson's odyssey.... The book is bound to become an indispensable source for future historical work."---Detlef Laugwitz, Mathematical Reviews "Robinson, who expressed a certain preference for 'glamour,' led a life that is interesting for its own sake. Dauben's account of it is engrossingly intimate."---Albert C. Lewis, IsisMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
98 halftones 3 line illus.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 197 mm
Weight
992 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-05911-2 (9780691059112)
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Joseph Warren Dauben
Abraham Robinson
The Creation of Nonstandard Analysis, A Personal and Mathematical Odyssey
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