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Hilbert

Paperback • 1996 • English

Hilbert

By Constance Reid

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About the book

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 li...Show more

Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Mathematics and Science

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ISBN

9780387946740

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Hilbert

Format

Paperback

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