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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Copernicus
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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