Mathematician for All Seasons Recollections and Notes, Vol. 2 (1945-1968) /

This book presents, in his own words, the life of Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972), noted Polish mathematician of Jewish background, educator, and mathematical popularizer. A student of Hilbert, a pioneer of the foundations of probability and game theory, and a contributor to the development of functional...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinhaus, Hugo (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Burns, Robert G. (Editor ), Szymaniec, Irena (Editor ), Weron, Aleksander (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Vita Mathematica, 19
Temas:
Mathematics.
History.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword to the first Polish edition
  • Introduction to the English edition
  • Part I: Jaslo
  • The Gymnasium
  • In the capital Lwów
  • Göttingen
  • The return home
  • The life of a private scholar
  • Part II: In the university town Lwów
  • The first occupation
  • Interlude: Flashes of memory
  • The second occupation
  • Homeless wandering
  • Osiczyna
  • Interlude: Flashes of memory
  • Stróze
  • Diary entries
  • A flash of memory
  • Diary entries (continued)
  • Between Kraków and Wroclaw
  • Wroclaw
  • A taste of America
  • Wroclaw again
  • America again
  • Home again
  • Index of names.

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