Mathematician for all seasons: recollections and notes Vol. 1 (1887-1945) (Record no. 62040)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9783319219837 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510.92 STE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Steinhaus, Hugo |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Mathematician for all seasons: recollections and notes Vol. 1 (1887-1945) |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Cham, Switzerland: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Birkhäuser, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xv, 491p.: |
| Other physical details | col. ill.; maps; hbk.: |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Vita Mathematica (VM, volume 18) |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book presents, in his own words, the life of Hugo Steinhaus (1887–1972), noted Polish mathematician of Jewish background, educator, and mathematical popularizer. A student of Hilbert, a pioneer of the foundations of probability and game theory, and a contributor to the development of functional analysis, he was one of those instrumental to the extraordinary flowering of Polish mathematics before and after World War I. In particular, it was he who “discovered” the great Stefan Banach. Exhibiting his great integrity and wit, Steinhaus’s personal story of the turbulent times he survived – including two world wars and life postwar under the Soviet heel – cannot but be of consuming interest. His account of the years spent evading Nazi terror is especially moving. The steadfast honesty and natural dignity he maintained while pursuing a life of demanding scientific and intellectual enquiry in the face of encroaching calamity and chaos show him to be truly a mathematician for all seasons.<br/><br/>The present work will be of great interest not only to mathematicians wanting to learn some of the details of the mathematical blossoming that occurred in Poland in the first half of the 20th century, but also to anyone wishing to read a first-hand account of the history of those unquiet times in Europe – and indeed world-wide – by someone of uncommon intelligence and forthrightness situated near an eye of the storm.<br/><br/>https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-21984-4 |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History of Mathematical Sciences |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Interwar Poland |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics World War |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Polish mathematicians |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Burns, Robert G |
| Relator term | Co-editor |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Szymaniec, Irena |
| Relator term | Co-editor |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Weron, Aleksander |
| Relator term | Co-editor |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Shenitizer, Abe |
| Relator term | Translator |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 06/02/2025 | Kushal Books | 10711.51 | 510.92 STE | 035110 | 06/02/2025 | 1 | 10711.51 | Books |
