Through a Reporter's Eyes
The Life of Stefan Banach
Published on 1. December 1996
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Hardback
X, 172 pages
978-0-8176-3772-9 (ISBN)
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* Based on original archival sources, dozens of interviews with people who knew and remember Banach, and conversations with mathematicians who are familiar with Banach's work and its impact on modern mathematics
* Presents engaging descriptions of Banach's personality and the unusual milieu in which he worked
* Originally written in Polish, the English edition has been revised to include new materials and many photographs
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Through a reporter's eyes: The Life of Stefan Banach
Life of Stefan Banach
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Translator and editors' preface.- Foreword.- Beginnings and premonitions.- The 'greatest discovery' of Hugo Steinhaus.- Lvov and mathematics.- Studia Mathematica and Opérations Linéaires.- The Scottish Café.- Banach privately and in daily life.- The last years.- In the eyes of friends and followers.- Appendix 1: Mathematics in Stefan Banach's times / W.A. Woyczynski.- Appendix 2: Selected publications of Stefan Banach.- Appendix 3: Bibliography.- Index of Names.