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Carregando... King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved Geometryde Siobhan Roberts
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This very well researched biography of Donald Coxeter was an enjoyable enough read but, unfortunately, felt a little too unstructured for my tastes. Coxeter's life is recounted essentially chronological but within each phase of his life the exposition of his work jumps all over the place. The copious footnotes only partially prevent the book zooming off on too many tangents (no pun intended). Criticisms aside, I would say that this biography successfully did the one thing I think all biographies of artists, writers, or scientists should do, and that is make the reader want to track down the work of the subject. In this sense, Roberts' presentation was great as I ordered a copy of Coxeter's "Regular Polytopes" before I had even made it halfway through her book. The footnotes are extensive. The bibliography is thorough. But I found the book a bit wanting. I want to buy the '64 math book on "Projective geometry" by Coxter, and get a collection of his papers. The appendices provided in the book are well-intended, but Conway'd proof of Morley's theorem is provided without sufficient labeling or coloring. Overall, a nicely written book about a unique geometer, someone praised by Freeman Dyson and followed by JHConway cannot fail to be a trailblazer. His Regular Polytopes is of course his magnum opus. The biography is well-intended, but in this reviewer's opinion came up a bit short in flow and heavy mathematical substance. Three stars. National Magazine Award for a Toronto Life profile of Coxeter '...latter half of the 20th century, geometry largely fell out of favor within the mathematical community...Roberts so well describes in her first book, Donald Coxeter (1907-2003), a University of Toronto mathematician, almost singlehandedly preserved and advanced the discipline through hard work and acute insights.' Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. Publisher's Weekly 6/26/2006
". . . Roberts' beautifully written colorful tribute . . ." "This biography of Donald Coxeter was written for the educated layperson. But it is good reading for the professional mathematician as well" Prêmios
Profiles the life and work of mathematician Donald Coxeter, discussing his efforts to prove geometry is an ever-evolving endeavor that forms the building blocks for creation. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Nonetheless, the book gives a fascinating portrait of a fascinating mathematician. It made me want to seek out some of Coxeter's work! ( )