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Reid, Constance was born on January 3, 1918 in St. Louis. Daughter of Ralph Bowers and Helen Marie (Hall) Bowman.
(From Zero to Infinity is a combination of number lore, nu...)
From Zero to Infinity is a combination of number lore, number history, and sparkling descriptions of the simply stated but exceedingly difficult problems posed by the most ordinary numbers that first appeared in 1955 and has been kept in print continuously ever since. With the fifth edition this classic has been updated to report on advances in number theory over the last 50 years, including the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Deceptively simple in style and structure, it is a book to which the reader will return again and again, gaining greater understanding and satisfaction with each reading.
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(David Hilbert was one of the truly great mathematicians o...)
David Hilbert was one of the truly great mathematicians of his time. His work and his inspiring scientific personality have profoundly influenced the development of the mathematical sciences up to the present time. His vision, his productive power and independent originality as a mathematical thinker, his versatility and breadth of interest made him a pioneer in many different mathematical fields. He was a unique personality, profoundly immersed in his work and totally dedicated to his science, a teacher and leader of the very highest order, inspiring and most generous, tireless and persistent in all of his efforts. To me, one of the few survivors of Hilbert's inner circle, it always has appeared most desirable that a biography should be published. Considering, however, the enormous scientific scope of Hilbert's work, it seemed to me humanly impossible that a single biographer could do justice to all the as pects of Hilbert as a productive scientist and to the impact of his radiant personality. Thus, when I learned of Mrs. Reid's plan for the present book I was at first skeptical whether somebody not thoroughly familiar with mathematics could possibly write an acceptable book. Yet, when I saw the manuscript my skepticism faded, and I became more and more enthusiastic about the author's achievement. I trust that the book will fascinate not only mathematicians but everybody who is interested in the mystery of the origin of great scientists in our society.
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(Jerzy Neyman received the National Medal of Science "for ...)
Jerzy Neyman received the National Medal of Science "for laying the foundations of modern statistics and devising tests and procedures that have become essential parts of the knowledge of every statistician." Until his death in 1981 at the age of 87, Neyman was vigorously involved in the concerns and controversies of the day, a scientist whose personality and activity were integral parts of his contribution to science. His career is thus particularly well-suited for the non-technical life-story which Constance Reid has made her own in such well-received biographies of Hilbert and Courant. She was able to talk extensively with Neyman and have access to his personal and professional letters and papers. Her book will thus appeal to professional statisticians as well as amateurs wanting to learn about a subject which permeates almost every aspect of modern life.
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(In high school Julia Bowman stood alone as the only girl ...)
In high school Julia Bowman stood alone as the only girl - and the best student - in the junior and senior math classes. She had only one close friend and no boyfriends. Although she was to learn that there are such people as mathematicians, her ambition was merely to get a job teaching mathematics in high school. At great sacrifice her widowed stepmother sent her to the University of California at Berkeley. But at Berkeley, in a society of mathematicians, she discovered herself. There was also a prince at Berkeley, a brilliant young assistant professor named Raphael Robinson. Theirs was to be a marriage that would endure until her death in 1985. Julia is the story of Julia Bowman Robinson, the gifted and highly original mathematician who during her lifetime was recognized in ways that no other woman mathematician had ever been recognized. This unusual book brings together in one volume the prizewinning Autobiography of Julia Robinson by her sister, the popular mathematical biographer Constance Reid, and three very personal articles about her work by outstanding mathematical colleagues.
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(Constance Reid There is no royal road to geometry, Euchd ...)
Constance Reid There is no royal road to geometry, Euchd told Ptolemy. But now Constance Reid tells us, Modem geometry is a royal road. And she proves it with her fascinating introduction to the wonderland of twentieth-century mathematics, A Long Way fromE uclid. This book will delight anyone who has ever felt the spell of the Queen of theS ciences. Based in part on the authors previous success, Introduction to Higher Mathematics, it concentrates on the role played by theE lements of Euclid in the last two thousand years. The reader needs no mathematical background beyond his recollection of elementary algebra and plane geometry. The authors clear and simple explanations, aided by more than 80 drawings integrated with the text, will take him step by step from ideas familiar since childhood to some of the most exciting outposts of contemporary mathematics: the arithmetic of the infinite, the paradoxes of point sets, the knotty problems of topology, the truth tables of symbolic logic. Constance Reid begins with the ancient Greeks disturbing discovery that the real world did not fit the system of numbers they had so carefully laid out. There are, they found, quantities that cannot be specified in terms of whole numbers. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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(Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) was a distinguished mathemat...)
Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) was a distinguished mathematician and a best selling popularizer of mathematics. His Men of Mathematics, still in print after almost sixty years, inspired scores of young readers to become mathematicians. Under the name of John Taine, he also published science fiction novels (among them The Time Stream, Before the Dawn, and The Crystal Horde) that served to broaden the subject matter of that genre during its early years. In The Search for E. T. Bell, Constance Reid has given us a compelling account of this complicated, difficult man who never divulged to anyone, not even to his wife and son, the story of his early life and family background. Her book is thus more of a mystery than a traditional biography. It begins with the discovery of an unexpected inscription in an English churchyard and a series of cryptic notations in a boy's schoolbook. Then comes an inadvertent revelation, by Bell himself, in a respected mathematical journal. You will have to read the book to learn the rest.
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Reid, Constance was born on January 3, 1918 in St. Louis. Daughter of Ralph Bowers and Helen Marie (Hall) Bowman.
AB, San Diego State College, California, 1938. Master of Education, University California, Berkeley, 1949.
High School teacher San Diego City Schools, California, 1939-1948. Junior College teacher San Diego City schools, 1949-1950. Writer freelance, from 1950.
(From Zero to Infinity is a combination of number lore, nu...)
(Jerzy Neyman received the National Medal of Science "for ...)
(I am very pleased that my books about David Hilbert, publ...)
( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)
(In high school Julia Bowman stood alone as the only girl ...)
(Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) was a distinguished mathemat...)
(Introduction to Higher Mathematics for the General Reader...)
(Constance Reid There is no royal road to geometry, Euchd ...)
(David Hilbert was one of the truly great mathematicians o...)
(This is a compelling account of this complicated, difficu...)
Member of Mathematics Association American.
Married Neil Dan Reid, June 23, 1950. Children: Julia Emma, Stewart Bowman.