Recountings conversations with MIT mathematicians Segel, Joel 1961- Taylor & Francis text bibliography biography Electronic books. Interviews mau Wellesley, Mass A K Peters ©2009 2009 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xxi, 441 pages) : illustrations "The mathematics department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is regularly ranked one of the top mathematics departments in the United States. This lively oral history captures a generation of mathematicians who made that rise to prominence possible. It traces the development of thirteen individuals for whom mathematics was the pursuit of a lifetime. They remember their first attraction to mathematics and describe the inspiration of past giants in the field: Emil Artin, Alonzo Church, Paul Erdos, Alexander Grothendiek, Peter Lax, Solomon Lefschetz, James Lighthill, Marshall Stone, Oscar Zariski. They recount the unfolding of their careers, from early interests through unexpected professional turns, including the challenges and rewards of teaching and service to the mathematics community as a whole."--Jacket. Zipporah (Fagi) Levinson -- Isadore M. Singer -- Arthur P. Mattuck -- Hartley Rogers -- Gilbert Strang -- Kenneth M. Hoffman -- Alar Toomre -- Steven L. Kleiman -- Harvey P. Greenspan -- Bertram Kostant -- Michel Artin -- Daniel J. Kleitman -- Sigurdur Helgason. edited by Joel Segel. Includes bibliographical references. n-us-ma Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mathematicians Interviews Mathematicians Intellectual life 20th century Mathématiciens Entretiens Mathématiciens Vie intellectuelle 20e siècle Mathematicians Mathematiker Cambridge (Mass.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mathematiker Mathematiker Interview 1900-1999 fast QA28 .R43 2009 510.922 R311 Recountings Wellesley, Mass. : A K Peters, ©2009 (DLC) 2008021795 (OCoLC)229342247 9781568817132 1568817134 1439865418 9781439865415 9781568814490 1568814496 9780429064975 0429064977 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429064975 CUS 110915 20241111204708.7 in00005527576 eng