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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
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface to Second Edition
- Preface to First Edition
- Foreword
- Introduction: Refl ections on Writing the History of Mathematics
- Garrett Birkhoff
- David Blackwell
- Shiing-Shen Chern
- John Horton Conway
- H. S. M. Coxeter
- Persi Diaconis
- Paul ErdĹs
- Martin Gardner: Defending the Honor of the Human Mind
- Martin Gardner: Master of Recreational Mathematics and Much More
- Ronald L. Graham
- Paul Halmos
- Peter J. Hilton
- John Kemeny
- Morris Kline
- Donald Knuth
- Solomon Lefschetz: A Reminiscence
- Benoit Mandelbrot
- Henry Pollak
- George PĂłlya
- Mina Rees
- Constance Reid
- Herbert Robbins
- Raymond Smullyan
- Olga Taussky-Todd
- Albert Tucker
- Stanislaw M. Ulam
- Biographical Data
- Back Cover