ABSTRACT

This unique collection contains extensive and in-depth interviews with mathematicians who have shaped the field of mathematics in the twentieth century. Collected by two mathematicians respected in the community for their skill in communicating mathematical topics to a broader audience, the book is also rich with photographs and includes an introdu

chapter |14 pages

David Blackwell

chapter |8 pages

Shiing-Shen Chern

chapter |10 pages

John Horton Conway

chapter |12 pages

H. S. M. Coxeter

chapter |16 pages

Persi Diaconis

chapter |12 pages

Paul Erdős

chapter |10 pages

Ronald L. Graham

chapter |24 pages

Paul Halmos

chapter |18 pages

Peter J. Hilton

chapter |16 pages

John Kemeny

chapter |12 pages

Morris Kline

chapter |24 pages

Donald Knuth

chapter |4 pages

Solomon Lefschetz: A Reminiscence

chapter |22 pages

Benoit Mandelbrot

chapter |18 pages

Henry Pollak

chapter |10 pages

George Pólya

chapter |12 pages

Mina Rees

chapter |12 pages

Constance Reid

chapter |18 pages

Herbert Robbins

chapter |16 pages

Raymond Smullyan

chapter |32 pages

Olga Taussky-Todd

chapter |14 pages

Albert Tucker

chapter |8 pages

Stanislaw M. Ulam

chapter 375|5 pages

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