Mathematical reminiscences / / Howard Eves [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823191103321
• Autore: Eves Howard <1911-2004, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2001
• ISBN: 0-88385-965-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 186 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Spectrum series
• Disciplina: 510
• Soggetti: Mathematics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: Long known as a mathematical storyteller, Howard Eves here writes his personal reminiscences—mostly mathematical, some not. The cast of characters includes Albert Einstein, Norbert Wiener, Julian Lowell Coolidge, Maurice Fréchet, Nathan Altschiller-Court, G. H. Hardy, and many other interesting figures whom he encountered in a long and active life in mathematics. In Mathematical Reminiscences we read of Eves' famous mathematical museum, with its lock of Einstein's hair, Hardy's scarf, Veblen's bright yellow lead pencil, Wiener's hat, and much, much more.