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Hilbert

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  • © 1996

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  1. Constance Reid
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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxix
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  2. Youth

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 1-8

  3. Friends and Teachers

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 9-14

  4. Doctor of Philosophy

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 15-21

  5. Paris

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 22-27

  6. Gordan’s Problem

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 28-38

  7. Changes

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 39-46

  8. Only Number Fields

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 47-56

  9. Tables, Chairs, and Beer Mugs

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 57-64

  10. Problems

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 65-73

  11. The Future of Mathematics

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 74-83

  12. The New Century

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 84-90

  13. Second Youth

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 91-101

  14. The Passionate Scientific Life

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 102-110

  15. Space, Time and Number

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 111-116

  16. Friends and Students

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 117-124

  17. Physics

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 125-136

  18. War

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 137-147

  19. The Foundations of Mathematics

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 148-157

  20. The New Order

    • Constance Reid
    Pages 158-167
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Now in new trade paper editions, these classic biographies of two of the greatest 20th Century mathematicians are being released under the Copernicus imprint. These noteworthy accounts of the lives of David Hilbert and Richard Courant are closely related: Courant's story is, in many ways, seen as the sequel to the story of Hilbert. Originally published to great acclaim, both books explore the dramatic scientific history expressed in the lives of these two great scientists and described in the lively, nontechnical writing style of Contance Reid.

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"Originally published to great acclaim, both books explore the dramatic scientific history expressed in the lives of these two great scientists and described in the lively, nontechnical writing style of Constance Reid."

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