Mathematical Apocrypha: Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical (Spectrum) by Steven G. Krantz (PDF)

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This book contains a collection of tales about mathematicians and the mathematical, derived from the author’s experience. It shares with the reader the nature of the mathematical enterprise, and gives a glimpse of mathematical culture. The book brings legendary names to life, and shares little known stories about names we have heard all our lives. The book is written in a brisk and engaging manner and it also includes a number of attractive photographs and illustrations.

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Editorial Reviews: Review ‘… a fascinating and amusing collection of stories about mathematicians and the mathematical world … The pace is quick and I have to admit that I read it in one sitting and then left it by the loo so that I could skim through again looking for my favourites … I hope that a really wide audience will read it as it brings to life a world that most people cannot imagine.’ The Mathematical Gazette Book Description Collection of stories about famous contemporary mathematicians, with illustrations. About the Author Steven G. Krantz, currently Professor and Chairman of Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis, earned his PhD at Princeton University and has taught at UCLA, Princeton University and Pennsylvania State University. He is the recipient of the UCLA Alumni Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award, the MAA’s Chauvenet Prize, the MAA Beckenbach Book Award, and the Outstanding Academic Book Award of the Current Review of Academic Libraries. He has written numerous books including: “Function Theory of Several Complex Variables,” “Real Analysis and Foundations,” “The Geometry of Domains in Space” (with Harold R. Parks), “Function Theory of One Complex Variable” (with Robert E. Greene), “The Implicit Function Theorem” (with Harold Parks). “Complex Analysis: The Geometric Viewpoint,” and” A Panorama of Harmonic Analysis” (both for the MAA). He is also the author of over one-hundred research articles. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐In my reading of Steven Krantz’s “Mathematical Apocrypha”, I encounter numerous anecdotes that endorse the view that not only do mathematicians tend to be eccentric, but they are often very funny — sometimes intentionally so, and sometimes not.As something of an amateur mathematician-mathematical hobbyist, I find Krantz’s book a very good read — well worth buying. My guess is that many non-mathematicians could also find in the book many stories about mathematicians and their numerous quirks that could provide for humorous storytelling and joking.As an enthusiaist of mathematical ideas and those who generate them, I find “Mathematical Apocrypha” to be the best source of mathematical anecdotes I’ve yet been blessed with encountering.

⭐Don’t expect all the stories to be funny. Otherwise a good time pass and shows some insights into the mathematical minds.

⭐I am learning so much from this book.

⭐mögen sie noch so gut sein, sind in der Regel erfunden oder nicht belegbar. In dieser wunderbaren Sammlung gibt Steven Krantz im Vorwort die Garantie, dass alle hier gesammelten Anekdoten der Realität entsprechen. Viele der geschilderten Personen und Begebenheiten sind unglaublich – etwa wenn Besicovitschs Frau einen ganzen Tag lang im Auto wartet, bis ihr Mann seinen Besuch bei einem Kollegen abgeschlossen hat. Im Buch begegnen uns aber nicht nur die großen Namen, sondern auch Erinnerungen an weniger berühmte Mathematiker, die oft nicht weniger exzentrisch waren als die bekannten. Die Qualität der kurzen Anekdoten variiert vom Brüller bis zu simplen Situationsbeschreibungen, denen ich manchmal nicht viel abgewinnen kann, aber das ist bei einer solchen Sammlung verzeihlich. Mit diesem Buch (und mit dem “zweiten Band”

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⭐) wird jeder Mathematiker/Mathematikerin seine helle Freude haben.

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⭐was ich zum Vorgänger

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⭐Mathematical Apocrypha: Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical (Spectrum)

⭐gesagt habe. Vielleicht nicht ganz so stark, weil die allerbesten Anekdoten bereits im ersten Band erscheinen.

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