I Want to be a Mathematician
An Automathography
Published on 17. May 1985
Book
Hardback
XVI, 421 pages
978-0-387-96078-4 (ISBN)
Description
I. Student.- 1 Reading and writing and' rithmetic.- 2 A college education.- 3 Graduate school.- 4 Learning to study.- 5 Learning to think.- 6 The Institute.- 7 Winning the war.- II. Scholar.- 8 A great university.- 9 The early years.- 10 Montevideo.- 11 The fabulous fifties.- III. Senior.- 12 How to teach.- 13 To Sydney, to Moscow, and back.- 14 How to do almost everything.- 15 Service, one way or another.- Coda How to be a mathematician.- Index of Photographs.
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Edition
1985 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XVI, 421 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
822 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-96078-4 (9780387960784)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-1084-9
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Content
I. Student.- 1 Reading and writing and' rithmetic.- 2 A college education.- 3 Graduate school.- 4 Learning to study.- 5 Learning to think.- 6 The Institute.- 7 Winning the war.- II. Scholar.- 8 A great university.- 9 The early years.- 10 Montevideo.- 11 The fabulous fifties.- III. Senior.- 12 How to teach.- 13 To Sydney, to Moscow, and back.- 14 How to do almost everything.- 15 Service, one way or another.- Coda How to be a mathematician.- Index of Photographs.