Background
He was born in New York City, New York, and received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1957 from the University of California, Berkeley under Alfred Tarski.
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The subject of this book is the successive construction and development of the basic number systems of mathematics: positive integers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers. This second edition expands upon the list of suggestions for further reading in Appendix III. From the Preface: ''The present book basically takes for granted the non-constructive set-theoretical foundation of mathematics, which is tacitly if not explicitly accepted by most working mathematicians but which I have since come to reject. Still, whatever one's foundational views, students must be trained in this approach in order to understand modern mathematics. Moreover, most of the material of the present book can be modified so as to be acceptable under alternative constructive and semi-constructive viewpoints, as has been demonstrated in more advanced texts and research articles.''
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historian mathematician philosopher university professor
He was born in New York City, New York, and received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1957 from the University of California, Berkeley under Alfred Tarski.
Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University California-Berkeley, 1957.
Instructor mathematics and philosophy, Stanford University, California, 1956-1958;
assistant professor, Stanford University, California, 1958-1962;
associate professor, Stanford University, California, 1962-1968;
professor, Stanford University, California, since 1968;
department chairman mathematics, Stanford University, 1985-1992. Patrick Suppes family professorship, since 1993. Consultant Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1958-1963.
Editor Springer Public Company. New York City and Berlin, since 1979.
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Served with United States Army, 1953-1955. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Mathematics Society (editor 1976-1979), Association Symbolic Logic (executive committee 1964-1967, president 1980-1982), Mathematics Association American.
Married Anita Burdman, December 9, 1948. Children: Rachel, Julie.