The Mind of the Mathematician
Author:   Michael Fitzgerald (Trinity College Dublin) ,  Ioan James (University of Oxford Mathematical Institute)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:  

9780801885877


Pages:   196
Publication Date:   10 September 2007
Recommended Age:   From 17
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Michael Fitzgerald (Trinity College Dublin) ,  Ioan James (University of Oxford Mathematical Institute)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780801885877


ISBN 10:   0801885876
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   10 September 2007
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part I: Tour of the Literature 1. Mathematicians and Their World 2. Mathematical Ability 3. The Dynamics of Mathematical Creation Part II: Twenty Mathematical Personalities 4. Lagrange, Gauss, Cauchy, and Dirichlet 5. Hamilton, Galois, Byron, and Riemann 6. Cantor, Kovalevskaya, Poincaré, and Hilbert 7. Hadamard, Hardy, Noether, and Ramanujan 8. Fisher, Wiener, Dirac, and Gödel References Index

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A fine book, providing for agreeable and easy reading. -- Michael Otte, Mathematical Reviews


Author Information

Author Website:   www.professormichaelfitzgerald.eu

Michael Fitzgerald is the Henry Marsh Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin. He is also a psychoanalyst with the International Psychoanalytic Association and the author of eighteen books. Ioan James was Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford University. He is the author of seven books and over one hundred research articles and an editor for the mathematical journal Topology.

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Author Website:   www.professormichaelfitzgerald.eu

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