Saunders Mac Lane

Saunders Mac Lane (eBook, PDF)

A Mathematical Autobiography

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Produktbeschreibung

Saunders Mac Lane was an extraordinary mathematician, a dedicated teacher, and a good citizen who cared deeply about the values of science and education. In his autobiography, he gives us a glimpse of his "life and times," mixing the highly personal with professional observations. His recollections bring to life a century of extraordinary accomplis

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439863640
• Artikelnr.: 57902918

Autorenporträt

Mac Lane, Saunders

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Early Years 1. Heresy 2. High School 3. Undergraduate at Yale 4. Universal Knowledge and New Knowledge 5. The University of Chicago, 1930 6. Germany 1931-33 Part Two: First Teaching 7. Yale and Harvard 8. Cornell and Chicago 9. Surveying Modern Algebra 10. Algebraic Functions 11. First Graduate Students Part Three: Collaborative Research 12. Crossed Product Algebras and Group Extension 13. Eilenberg Enters 14. Naturality Part Four: The War Years 15. Much More Applied Math 16. Cynthia Enters 17. War Research: Roll, Pitch, and Yaw Part Five: Eilenberg and Mac Lane 18. Cautiously Publishing Category Theory 19. The Cohomology of Groups 20. Eilenberg-Mac Lane Spaces Part Six: Harvard Years 21. Professor at Harvard 22. University Presidents 23. Jib and Mainsail 24. Dorothy 25. Have Guggenheim, Will Travel Part Seven: Chicago in the Fifties 26. Return to Chicago 27. The Stone Age at Chicago 28. The Stone Age Comes to an End 29. Hutchins and the University 30. The College Mathematics Staff 31. Univeral Algebra and Think Tanks Part Eight: Mathematical Developments 32. Mathematical Organizations 33. Bourbaki-the Legend 34. The New Math 35. Categories Expand 36. The Grand Tour of Europe, 1954 37. Paris and Cartan. 1955-56 Part Nine: National Academy of Science 38. Membership in the National Academy of Sciences 39. The National Research Council 40. The Academy Proceedings Part Ten: The Sixties and Beyond 41. Homological Algebra 42. Categories 43. Geometrical Mechanics 44. Outdoors on the Indiana Dunes 45. Categories at Work Part Eleven: National Science Policy 46. As President of the AMS 47. Academy Reports 48. George Kistiakowski 49. Report Review 50. The National Science Board 51. Science Policy Part Twelve: Travels 52. Visits to China 53. Anniversary at the Dunes, 1983 54. Dorothy's Delights Part Thirteen: Advising 55. Chicago Graduate Students 56. Friends and Mentors 57. Rating Research 58. The NAS Research Roundtable Part Fourteen: Later Developments 59. The Philosophy of Mathematics 60. Second Marriage 61. International Category Conferences Part Fifteen: Contemplating 62. Mathematics Departments 63. Collaborative Research 64. Career Choice

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" Mac Lane is an immense presence in modern mathematics. One of the last Americans to be educated in Göttingen prior to the Nazi era, Mac Lane was ideally and propitiously situated to become a leader in modern algebra and modern algebraic topology. His influence on our subject has been powerful and widespread. This chronicle tells of an influential and important life. -Steven G. Krantz, Washington University in St. Louis, March 2005 ""Studying mathematics in high school or even college rarely gives you a sense of what mathematical research is all about..."" -Ivars Peterson, Science News Online, April 2005 ""Saunders Mac Lane war einer der Mathematiker, die die Forschung fast des gesamten 20. Jahrhunderts miterlebt und mitgestaltet haben..."" -George Szpiro, NZZ am Sonntag, October 2005 ""Saunders Mac Lane, who died April 14, 2005, at 95, remains well-known for his seminal work incategory theory, homological algebra, algebraic topology, etc. and was active in mathematics and public service until late in his life."" -Lance W. Small, Notices of the AMS, November 2005 ""Here is the personalized and deftly written story of a century of extraordinary accomplishments and tragedies that will inform and inspire future generations of aspiring mathematicians and is therefore an essential addition to all college and university library collections."" -Willis M. Buhle, Midwest Book Review , November 2005 ""In reading his autobiography, I feel that I have been given the gift of a small window into his life and his thoughts."" -Amy Shell-Gellasch, MAA Online, February 2006 ""This book is an excellent autobiography written by one of the greatest 20th century mathematicians Saunders Mac Lane."" - Newsletter of the European Mathematical Society , June 2006 ""This is a splendid book... Despite the word 'mathematical' in the title... this is a book for the non-specialist reader as well as the mathematician [revealing] many fascinating insights into the characters of the people and institutions with which the author came into contact during his long career."" -Peter Johnstone, Mathematiacl Reviews , August 2006 ""It takes a rare personality to write an autobiography and an even rarer one to write an autobiography with candour ... this book is a 'must read' for anyone interested in the history of 20th-century American mathematics and for anyone interested in the history of category theory, homological algebra, and homotopy theory."" -K.V.H. Parshall, History and Philosophy of Logic, February 2007 ""Ein fast hundertjähriges Gelehhrtenleben tut sich vor uns auf! ... Wie nicht anders zu erwarten wird uns viel Interessantes über eine lange Epoche aus mathematischer Sicht geboten ... Die Aufmachung des Bandes ist gediegen und ansprechend - fester Deckel, hübsche Fotografien und augenschonendes Papier. Ich las diese Biographie mit Freude und Gewinn."" -Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten, April 2007 ""...this is a fascinating look at the history of twentieth century mathematics by one of its most distinguished practitioners."" -Gerry Leversha, St Paul's School, London, The Mathematical Gazette , November 2007 ""Saunders Mac Lane was one of the most influencial mathematicians of the 20th century ... In his autobiography, Saunders reveals detials of his early life and education as well as those of the relationships that were so critical in the development of his career."" -John MacDonald, CMS Notes, April 2008"