Eric Temple Bell (1883–1960) was a distinguished mathematician and a best selling popularizer of mathematics. Under the name of John Taine, he also published science fiction novels. Constance Reid gi
Julia is the story of Julia Bowman Robinson, the gifted and highly original mathematician who during her lifetime was recognized in ways that no other woman mathematician had ever been recognized. Thi
Jerzy Neyman received the National Medal of Science "for laying the foundations of modern statistics and devising tests and procedures that have become essential parts of the knowledge of every statis
Drawn from Introduction to Higher Mathematics, this book explains the theory of numbers--which considers whole numbers and the relationships among them--and revisits the theorems collected in Elements
I am very pleased that my books about David Hilbert, published in 1970, and Richard Courant, published in 1976, are now being issued by Springer- Verlag in a single volume. I have always felt that the
From Zero to Infinity is a combination of number lore, number history, and sparkline descriptions of the simply stated but exceedingly difficult problems posed by the most ordinary numbers. The book
Almost twenty-five years after his death, Richard Courant remains a highly controversial figure. The deep affection he inspired among friends, colleagues and students is still matched by distrust and
If the life of any 20th century mathematician can be said to be a history of mathematics in his time, it is that of David Hilbert. To the enchanted young mathematicians and physicists who flocked to s
In 1943 two spirited young teachers decided to do their part for the war effort by spending their summer vacation working the swing shift on a B-24 production line at a San Diego bomber plant. Enterin