Courant

Tells of a story of great mathematicians and their achievements, of practical successes and failures, and of human perfidy and generosity. This title shows mathematicians as frail, flesh-and-blood creatures.

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"...a story of great mathematicians and their achievements, of practical successes and failures, and of human perfidy and generosity...this is one of the still too rare occasions in which mathematicians are shown as frail, flesh-and-blood creatures...a very worthwhile book." -CHOICE