Mathematical Lives

Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles

By: Angelo Guerraggio (Editor), Kim Williams (Translator), Roberto Lucchetti (Editor), Renato Betti (Editor), CLAUDIO BARTOCCI (Editor)

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Preface.- Hilbert's Problems. A Research Program for Future Generations: U.Bottazzini.-The Way We Were. The Protagonists of the "Italian Spring" in the First Decades of the Twentieth Century: G.Bolondi et al.- Intermezzo: Verlaine and Poincare from Etudes litteraires: P.Valery.- B.Russell. Paradoxes and Other Enigmas: G.Rigamonti.- G.H.Hardy. A Brilliant Mind: R.Lucchetti.- E.Noether. The Mother of Algebra: A.Brigaglia.- Intermezzo: Carciopholus romanus from Furor mathematicus: L.Sinisgalli.- P.A.M.Dirac. The Search for Mathematical Beauty: F.La Teana.- The Theoretical Intelligence and Pratic Vision of J. von Neumann: R.Lucchetti.- K.Godel. Completeness and Incompleteness: P.Odifreddi.- Intermezzo: In Homage to Godel: H.M.Enzensberger.- R.Musil. The Audacity of Intelligence: C.Bartocci.- The Life, Death and Miracles of Alan Mathison Turing: S.Termini.- R.Caccioppoli. Naples, Fascism and the Post-War Period: A.Guerraggio.- B. de Finetti. The Foundations of Probability: D.M.Cifarelli.- A Committed Mathematician: G.I.Bischi.- A.N.Kolmogorov. The Basis of Probability, and More...: G.Boffetta et al.- Bourbaki. A Mathematician from Poldavia: G.Bolondi.- Writing and Mathematics in the work of R.Queneau: A.Ferraro.- J.F.Nash, Jr.. The Myth of Icarus: R.Lucchetti.- E.De Giorgi. Intuition and Rigour: G.Dal Maso.- L.Schwartz. Political Commitment and Mathematical Rigour: A.Guerraggio.- R.Thom. Conflict and Genesis of Forms: R.Betti.- Intermezzo: The Dream: J.L.Borges.- A.Grothendick: Enthusiasm and Creativity. A New Language at the Service of Imagination: L.Barbieri Viale.- G.-C.Rota. Mathematician and Philosopher: D.Senato.- S.Smale. Mathematics and Civil Protest: A.Guerraggio.- M.F. Atiyah. The Deep Reasons for Mathematics: C.Bartocci.- V.I.Arnol'd: M.Pedroni.- Enrico Bombieri: C.Bartocci et al.- M.Gardner: E.Peres.- Intermezzo: The Door of Miracles from Le Modulor: Le Corbusier.- F.W.Lawvere: R.Betti.- An Interview with A.Wiles: C.Bartocci

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"To attract new blood, mathematics must have a human face. ... Thus, one welcomes a book on Bell's model for the 20^th century. ... Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries." (D. V. Feldman, Choice, Vol. 48 (9), May, 2011)

"This is a highly recommendable reading for mathematicians ... . Being a collection of independent chapters, the reader can proceed by browsing through the sections guided by the contents table. ... the reader can pick the book as a novel and read it from first page to last. This is relevant, because the organization and ordering of the chapters contribute to the overall effect by combining in different doses mathematics and life ... . This is a book to read and enjoy ... ." (Jesus M. Ruiz, The European Mathematical Society, August, 2011)

"This translation of a 2007 Italian collection has very interesting writeups about Michael Atiyah, N. Bourbaki, E. De Giorgi, A. N. Kolmogorov, John Nash, Laurent Schwartz, Gian-Carlo Rota, and Stephen Smale, among others. ... its descriptions of Italian mathematics and its context will be particularly valuable to non-Italians. ... there are lots of biographies and commentaries available." (Robert E. O'Malley, Jr., SIAM Review, Vol. 53 (2), 2011)

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