The Crossing of Heaven Memoirs of a Mathematician /

As one of the most prolific mathematicians of our time, Karl Gustafson has been a central figure in the astonishing technological revolution of the last half-century-a revolution which has transformed human life. This, his own account of his journey through those decades, takes the reader from his e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gustafson, Karl (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Mathematics.
Social sciences-Mathematics.
Mathematics-Data processing.
History.
Data structures (Computer science).
Information theory.
Applications of Mathematics.
Mathematics in Business, Economics and Finance.
Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Data Structures and Information Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1 The Child in Iowa
  • 2 The Boy in Boulder
  • 3 The Student in Poverty
  • 4 Computers and Espionage
  • 5 First Publication
  • 6 Into Academia
  • 7 The World Opens
  • 8 Personas and Personalities
  • 9 Wives, Lovers, Friends
  • 10 Close Calls
  • 11 Mathematics
  • 12 High Finance
  • 13 The Improbabilities
  • 14 Realities
  • 15 The Crossing of Heaven
  • Appendix.

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