Mathematician for All Seasons
Hugo Steinhaus
Gebundenes Buch

Mathematician for All Seasons

Recollections and Notes, Vol. 2 (1945-1968)

Herausgegeben: Burns, Robert G.; Szymaniec, Irena; Weron, Aleksander;Übersetzung: Shenitzer, Abe
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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 analysis, he was one of those instrumental to the extraordinary flowering of Polish mathematics before and after World War I. In particular, it was he who "discovered" the great Stefan Banach. Exhibiting his great integrity and wit, Steinhaus's personal story of the turbulent times he survived - in...