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
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
The 2nd edition of Contrastes: grammaire du francais courant remains what it originally set out to be: a comprehensive French grammar review geared specifically to English-speakers with some exposure