Mathematician for all seasons recollections and notes. Vol. 1 (1887-1945) /

This book presents, in his own words, the life of Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972), noted Polish mathematician of Jewish background, educator, and mathematical popularizer. A student of Hilbert, a pioneer of the foundations of probability and game theory, and a contributor to the development of functional...

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Main Author: Steinhaus, Hugo, 1887-1972 (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Burns, Robert G. (Editor), Szymaniec, Irena (Editor), Weron, A. (Editor), Shenitzer, Abe (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Polish
Published: Cham : Birkhäuser, 2015.
Series:Vita mathematica ; v. 18.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 491 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Subjects:
Steinhaus, Hugo, -- 1887-1972.
Mathematics -- Poland -- History.
Mathematicians -- Poland -- Biography.
Online Access:SpringerLink - Click here for access
Contents:
  • Foreword to the first Polish edition
  • Introduction to the English edition
  • Part I: Jaslo
  • The Gymnasium
  • In the capital Lwów
  • Göttingen
  • The return home
  • The life of a private scholar
  • Part II: In the university town Lwów
  • The first occupation
  • Interlude: Flashes of memory
  • The second occupation
  • Homeless wandering
  • Osiczyna
  • Interlude: Flashes of memory
  • Stróze
  • Diary entries
  • A flash of memory
  • Diary entries (continued)
  • Between Kraków and Wroclaw
  • Wroclaw
  • A taste of America
  • Wroclaw again
  • America again
  • Home again
  • Index of names.

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