Overview
In my long professional life as a mathematician I have had to deliver various survey lectures. They were of different character according to the occasion. A selected number are reproduced in this volume. They were, with few exceptions, printed in books or in periodicals, and are reproduced here without any modification. I started as a student at the ETH Zurich in 1935 and have spent my working Ufe there, with the exception of the period 1942-1948 (lecturer then associate professor at the University of Lausanne) and 1947 and 1951/52 (Institute for Advanced Study Princeton). In 1948 I was appointed as a professor at the ETH; I retired in 1984 and have since then been professor emeritus. The surveys in this volume are lectures given at congresses and workshops, at international congresses of mathematicians (plenary or section lectures), and at special occasions like birthdays or commemorations. They all reflect the special interests of the respective times. Although they are in fields of topology, algebra and differential geometry they reveal the big changes mathematics has undergone over the years from 1943 to 2004. New thinking has been developed; it has created new problems, or simply has let old problems appear in a new light.
Full Product Details
Author: Beno Eckmann
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition: 2006 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 1.260kg
ISBN: 9783540337904
ISBN 10: 3540337903
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 17 August 2006
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
From the reviews: ""The book under review is a collection of twenty-one survey or expository lectures given by its distinguished author during the period 1943 and 2004 … . All are (broadly) in the fields of topology, algebra and differential geometry. … Students will learn an important and substantial swathe of 20th century geometrical mathematics by carefully reading this delightful book."" (Ross Geoghegan, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 c) ""The papers are arranged chronologically, and cover more than 60 years of work. … The collection is rounded out by a couple essays on the place of mathematics in culture and its future. … I heartily recommend adding it to your library."" (John McCleary, MAA Online, February, 2009)
From the reviews: <p> The book under review is a collection of twenty-one survey or expository lectures given by its distinguished author during the period 1943 and 2004 a ] . All are (broadly) in the fields of topology, algebra and differential geometry. a ] Students will learn an important and substantial swathe of 20th century geometrical mathematics by carefully reading this delightful book. (Ross Geoghegan, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 c)
From the reviews: The book under review is a collection of twenty-one survey or expository lectures given by its distinguished author during the period 1943 and 2004 ... . All are (broadly) in the fields of topology, algebra and differential geometry. ... Students will learn an important and substantial swathe of 20th century geometrical mathematics by carefully reading this delightful book. (Ross Geoghegan, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 c) The papers are arranged chronologically, and cover more than 60 years of work. ... The collection is rounded out by a couple essays on the place of mathematics in culture and its future. ... I heartily recommend adding it to your library. (John McCleary, MAA Online, February, 2009)
