Abraham Robinson : The Creation of Nonstandard Analysis, A Personal and Mathematical Odyssey /

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One of the most prominent mathematicians of the twentieth century, Abraham Robinson discovered and developed nonstandard analysis, a rigorous theory of infinitesimals that he used to unite mathematical logic with the larger body of historic and modern mathematics. In this first biography of Robinson...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dauben, Joseph W., 1944- (Author)
Other Authors: Robinson, Abraham, 1918-1974 (honouree.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1995]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Robinson, Abraham, > 1918-1974.
Nonstandard mathematical analysis.
Mathematicians.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
Analyse mathematique non standard.
Mathematiciens > Allemagne > Biographies.
Mathematicians > Germany > Biography.
Germany.
Biographies.
Festschriften.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD / Mandelbrot, Benoit B.
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CHAPTER ONE. Family and Childhood: Germany 1918-1933
  • CHAPTER TWO. Life in Palestine: 1933-1939
  • CHAPTER THREE. Robinson in Paris: January-June 1940
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Robinson and the War: London 1940-1946
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Robinson after the War: London 1946-1951
  • CHAPTER SIX. The University of Toronto: 1951-1957
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. The Hebrew University: Jerusalem 1957-1962
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. UCLA and Nonstandard Analysis: 1962-1967
  • CHAPTER NINE. Robinson Joins the Ivy League: Yale University 1967-1974
  • EPILOGUE. Abraham Robinson: The Man and His Mathematics
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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