Mathematicians : An Outer View of the Inner World / Mariana Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Mariana, author.

Contributor:

Gunning, Robert C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematicians--Biography.

Mathematicians.

Mathematicians--Portraits.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mathematicians is a remarkable collection of ninety-two photographic portraits, featuring some of the most amazing mathematicians of our time. Acclaimed photographer Mariana Cook captures the exuberant and colorful personalities of these brilliant thinkers and the superb images are accompanied by brief autobiographical texts written by each mathematician. Together, the photographs and words illuminate a diverse group of men and women dedicated to the absorbing pursuit of mathematics.The compelling black-and-white portraits introduce readers to mathematicians who are young and old, fathers and daughters, and husbands and wives. They include Fields Medal winners, those at the beginning of major careers, and those who are long-established celebrities in the discipline. Their candid personal essays reveal unique and wide-ranging thoughts, opinions, and humor, as the mathematicians discuss how they became interested in mathematics, why they love the subject, how they remain motivated in the face of mathematical challenges, and how their greatest contributions have paved new directions for future generations. Mathematicians in the book include David Blackwell, Henri Cartan, John Conway, Pierre Deligne, Timothy Gowers, Frances Kirwan, Peter Lax, William Massey, John Milnor, Cathleen Morawetz, John Nash, Karen Uhlenbeck, and many others.Conveying the beauty and joy of mathematics to those both within and outside the field, this photographic collection is an inspirational tribute to mathematicians everywhere.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface / Cook, Mariana

Introduction / Gunning, Robert Clifford

Mathematicians

Edward Nelson

Andrei Okounkov

Michael Artin

John Horton Conway

Friedrich E. Hirzebruch

János Kollár

Richard Ewen Borcherds

David Mumford

Bryan John Birch

Sir Michael Francis Atiyah

Isadore Manual Singer

Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov

Kevin David Corlette

Sun-Yung Alice Chang

Shing-Tung Yau

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck

James Harris Simons

Phillip Griffiths

Gang Tian

Heisuke Hironaka

Eriko Hironaka

John Willard Milnor

Joan S. Birman

Frances Kirwan

Robion Kirby

Burt Totaro

Simon Donaldson

Henri Cartan

Robert D. Macpherson

Michael Freedman

Margaret Dusa Mcduff

William Paul Thurston

Bertram Kostant

John N. Mather

Maryam Mirzakhani

Curtis Mcmullen

Dennis Parnell Sullivan

Stephen Smale

Marina Ratner

Yakov Grigorevich Sinai

Benoit Mandelbrot

George Olat Okunbo Okikiolu

Kate Adeb Ola Okikiolu

William Timothy Gowers

Lennart Axel Edvard Carleson

Terence Chi-Shen Tao

Robert Clifford Gunning

Elias Menachem Stein

Joseph John Kohn

Charles Louis Fefferman

Robert Fefferman

Yum-Tong Siu

Louis Nirenberg

William Browder

Felix E. Browder

Andrew Browder

Cathleen Synge Morawetz

Peter David Lax

Alain Connes

Israel Moiseevich Gelfand

Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones

Sathamangalam Rangaiyengar Srinivasa Varadhan

Marie-France Vigneras

Michèle Vergne

Robert Phelan Langlands

Jean-Pierre Serre

Adebisi Agboola

Marcus Du Sautoy

Peter Clive Sarnak

Gerd Faltings

Enrico Bombieri

Viscount Pierre Deligne

Noam D. Elkies

Benedict H. Gross

Don Zagier

Barry Mazur

Sir Andrew John Wiles

Manjul Bhargava

John T. Tate

Nicholas Michael Katz

Kenneth Ribet

Persi Warren Diaconis

Paul Malliavin

William Alfred Massey

Harold William Kuhn

Avi Wigderson

Arlie Petters

Ingrid Chantal Da Ubechies

Sir Roger Penrose

Robert Endre Tarjan

Davi D Harold Blac Kwell

Afterword / Fradd, Brandon

List of Mathematicians

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

1-299-44346-X

1-4008-3288-8

OCLC:

762683414