Recountings Conversations with MIT Mathematicians |
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| Editor:
| Segel, Joel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56881-449-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | A K Peters, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.00 |
Book Description:
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This book traces the history of the MIT Department of Mathematics--one of the most important mathematics departments in the world--through candid, in-depth, lively conversations with a select and diverse group of its senior members. The process reveals much about the motivation, path, and impact of research mathematicians in a society that owes so much to this little understood and often mystifying section of its intellectual fabric.
At a time when the mathematical experience...
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This book traces the history of the MIT Department of Mathematics--one of the most important mathematics departments in the world--through candid, in-depth, lively conversations with a select and diverse group of its senior members. The process reveals much about the motivation, path, and impact of research mathematicians in a society that owes so much to this little understood and often mystifying section of its intellectual fabric.
At a time when the mathematical experience touches and attracts more laypeople than ever, such a book contributes to our understanding and entertains through its personal approach.