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Fascinating Mathematical People: Interviews and Memoirs Hardcover – September 26, 2011

by Donald J. Albers (Editor), Gerald L. Alexanderson (Editor), Philip J. Davis (Foreword)

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Fascinating Mathematical People is a collection of informal interviews and memoirs of sixteen prominent members of the mathematical community of the twentieth century, many still active. The candid portraits collected here demonstrate that while these men and women vary widely in terms of their backgrounds, life stories, and worldviews, they all share a deep and abiding sense of wonder about mathematics.

Featured here--in their own words--are major research mathematicians whose cutting-edge discoveries have advanced the frontiers of the field, such as Lars Ahlfors, Mary Cartwright, Dusa McDuff, and Atle Selberg. Others are leading mathematicians who have also been highly influential as teachers and mentors, like Tom Apostol and Jean Taylor. Fern Hunt describes what it was like to be among the first black women to earn a PhD in mathematics. Harold Bacon made trips to Alcatraz to help a prisoner learn calculus. Thomas Banchoff, who first became interested in the fourth dimension while reading a Captain Marvel comic, relates his fascinating friendship with Salvador Dalí and their shared passion for art, mathematics, and the profound connection between the two. Other mathematical people found here are Leon Bankoff, who was also a Beverly Hills dentist; Arthur Benjamin, a part-time professional magician; and Joseph Gallian, a legendary mentor of future mathematicians, but also a world-renowned expert on the Beatles.

This beautifully illustrated collection includes many photographs never before published, concise introductions by the editors to each person, and a foreword by Philip J. Davis.

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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (September 26, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691148295
ISBN-13: 978-0691148298
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.8 x 1 inches
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Proof that mathematicians are people too

By Charles Ashbacher HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on December 28, 2011

Format: Hardcover

This book is a series of interviews of several of the leading lights in mathematics over approximately the last half century. While most interviewees were prompted to give some details of their personal lives, the bulk of the conversation concerns their role in mathematics and how they personally view the discipline. A large percentage of the more interesting factoids were uttered by the women mathematicians, all were old enough to have "grown up" mathematically at a time when women faced systemic gender bias. Most of the interviews were originally published in journals and there are many photos.
The people interviewed are:

*) Lars V. Ahlfors
*) Tom Apostol
*) Harold M. Bacon
*) Tom Banchoff
*) Leon Bankoff
*) Alice Beckenbach
*) Arthur Benjamin
*) Dame Mary L. Cartwright
*) Joe Gallian
*) Richard K. Guy
*) Fern Hunt
*) Dusa McDuff
*) Donald G. Saari
*) Atle Selberg
*) Jean Taylor
*) Philippe Tondeur
There is a great deal about the philosophy of mathematics and the role it plays in science and society, some recapitulation of past success and lot about the role family members can and do play. To a large segment of the American population, mathematicians are perceived as being outside the norm. In some ways that is true, but in this book it is clear that they are first and foremost people that encounter and deal with the same problems that everyone else does.

Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission

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